There is an interesting article about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in the May 2008 edition of Psychiatry News. It describes the findings of a recent study that was performed at UC San Diego. Researchers reviewed P.E.T. scans comparing the brain functioning of a group of patients who had undergone intensive cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt) treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder. Scientist found that there were notable structural changes in the brain functioning of the patient who received intensive cbt as compared to the control group who received none. These changed were evident in as little as four weeks. In the article, they describe changes in the thalamus and the frontal cortex, two regions that are involved in the regulation of negative emotion.
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