Cognitive evolutionary therapy for depression: a case study

Cezar Giosan; Vlad Muresan; Ramona Moldovan

doi:10.1002/ccr3.131

Cognitive evolutionary therapy for depression: a case study

Cezar Giosan
, Vlad Muresan
, Ramona Moldovan

Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics

Babes-Bolyai University

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Abstract

We present an evolutionary-driven cognitive-behavioral intervention for a moderately depressed patient. Standard cognitive and behavioral therapy techniques focused on the patient's perfectionistic and self-downing beliefs, while novel, evolutionary-informed techniques were used to guide behavioral activation and conceptualize secondary emotional problems related to anger. The treatment reduced depressive symptomatology and increased evolutionary fitness.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	228-236
Number of pages	9
Journal	Clinical case reports
Volume	2
Issue number	5
Early online date	18 Sept 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.131
Publication status	Published - Oct 2014

Keywords

cognitive–behavioral therapy
Darwinian psychotherapy
depression
evolutionary psychology
evolutionary psychotherapy

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