Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is an evidence-based psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Its goal is to help people process traumatic events while challenging and changing ...

In a recent study published in Science Advances, researchers tested the effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy components on cognitive mechanisms. Study: Different components of cognitive-behavioral ...

Behavioral therapy is a broad term that refers to several therapeutic techniques to treat mental health disorders. This form of therapy suggests that all behaviors occur due to learning them from ...

When it comes to psychotherapies, people seeking mental healthcare have no shortage of options to choose from. Talk therapy – also referred to as counseling – is the most popular and traditional ...

Those who experience the paralyzing psychological and social effects of obsessive-compulsive disorder can often find relief ...

University of Alabama at Birmingham sleep specialist Justin Thomas, Ph.D., says he often gets odd reactions from patients when he tells them about one of the most effective ways to overcome insomnia: ...

Behavioral interventions were associated with reduced pain and daily opioid use and improved function and quality of life for up to 12 months among adults with opioid-treated chronic low back pain, ...

Sleep specialist S. Justin Thomas, Ph.D., has grown accustomed to people looking at him as though he is an eight-headed monster. That’s his way of referring to the reaction he gets from patients when ...