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Cognitive behaviour therapy meets psychopharmacotherapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2010

David Veale  and
Anna Stout
David Veale*
Affiliation:
NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health, The South London and Maudsley NHS Foumdation Trust & The Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
Anna Stout
Affiliation:
NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health, The South London and Maudsley NHS Foumdation Trust & The Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
*
*Author for correspondence: Dr D. Veale, Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma, The Maudsley Hospital, 99 Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ, UK. (email: David.Veale@kcl.ac.uk)
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Abstract

This article provides an overview of the role of psychopharmacotherapy in common emotional disorders for cognitive behaviour therapists. We consider some of the philosophical difference between CBT and medication, when medication might interfere with CBT, when it may enhance outcome and when it might be safely discontinued. We highlight how to differentiate side-effects and symptoms of discontinuation of antidepressants from that of the underlying disorder. The scope of this article is confined to common emotional disorders and does not discuss the interaction of CBT with medication in, e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or dementia.

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Cognitive behaviour therapypharmacotherapy

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Practice article
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the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , December 2010 , pp. 117 - 131
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2010

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