Literature Review

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2

Annotated Bibliography

Rebecca Faino

Capella University

Integrative Project Masters in Psy

Howard Fero

April 30, 2022

Mental illness is among healthcare issues that affect the well-being of individuals in the present society. Mental illness is common in all age groups and ethnic groupings. The effective management of mental illness requires both pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions. The treatment approaches are targeted at reducing the symptoms and improvement on the behaviors of the affected individuals. Various medications such as antidepressants are used for the management of patients. Also, the psychotherapy interventions such as family therapy, group therapy, and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) help address the issue. For this discussion, the focus is on the presentation of annotated bibliography on the role of cognitive-behavioral therapy in the management of mental illness.

Nakao, M., Shirotsuki, K., & Sugaya, N. (2021). Cognitive-behavioral therapy for the management of mental health and stress-related disorders: Recent advances in techniques and technologies. BioPsychoSocial medicine, 15(1), 1-4. Doi: 10.1186/s13030-021-00219-w

The authors of the article aimed at determining the effectiveness of the CBT in stressful situations among the clinical and the general population and identifying the advancement in the CBT-related methods. The authors of this article are qualified in the areas of study. They are employed in the department of Psychosomatic Medicine, graduate from the school of the human and social sciences, and a member of the unit of public health and preventive medicine. A literature review method was adopted to search for the studies that were performed from 1987 to 2021 and this led to the identification of the 345 articles that relates to biopsychosocial medicine. The problem of focus in this article is the mental health and stress-associated disorders. The results from this study show that CBT was suitable for various categories of mental problems. The study is, therefore, important for the selected issue of mental illness as it reveals the role of CBT in the successful management of mental and physical issues. The use of the online CBT and the self-help CBT through the use of the mobile applications. The article is relevant since it was recently published by qualified authors.

David, D., Cristea, I., & Hofmann, S. G. (2018). Why cognitive behavioral therapy is the current gold standard of psychotherapy. Frontiers in psychiatry, 9, 4.  Doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00004

The authors aimed at looking at the reasons why CBT is considered the present gold standard of psychotherapy. The authors of the articles have qualifications for working in the department of clinical psychology and psychotherapy, the department of the health sciences and policy, and the department of the psychological and brain sciences. The authors failed to give a clear illustration of the method of the study. The findings of the study show that CBT is promoted as one of the effective approaches to dealing with mental illness. It is recognized by the international guideline for psychotherapy treatments and hence can be used as the first-line treatment approach. Even though the authors of the article are qualified in terms of their professionals, the study lacks a clear method of study thus making it hard t decide on using it to support the efforts towards dealing with mental issues.

Carpenter, J. K., Andrews, L. A., Witcraft, S. M., Powers, M. B., Smits, J. A., & Hofmann, S. G. (2018). Cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety and related disorders: A meta‐analysis of randomized placebo‐controlled trials. Depression and anxiety, 35(6), 502-514. DOI: 10.1002/da.22728

The authors focused on examining the effectiveness of CBT for anxiety-associated illness using randomized placebo-controlled trials. The study method involved a literature review using 41 studies with patients diagnosed with various disorders like obsessive-compulsive disorder and general anxiety disorder among others. The authors are employed in the department of

psychological and brain sciences, the department of psychology and institute for mental health research, and the department of psychology among others. The findings of the study show that CBT is a moderately effective in the treatment approach of anxiety disorders than placebo. Therefore, this study is relevant based on the method adopted and its recent publication. Therefore, the interventions such as CBT can be used to address mental illnesses like post-traumatic stress disorder and panic disorder.

He, H. L., Zhang, M., Gu, C. Z., Xue, R. R., Liu, H. X., Gao, C. F., & Duan, H. F. (2019). Effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy on improving the cognitive function in major and minor depression. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 207(4), 232-238. DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000954

The article was aimed at investigating the effectiveness of the CBT on the improvement of the cognitive functions in minor depression and major depression. The author adopted the placebo-controlled single blond parallel-group randomized controlled trial. Looking at the affiliation of the authors, they are employed in the psychiatric department and department of psychiatry rehabilitation. This shows that the authors have specific qualifications in the area. The findings of the study show that CBT helps in the alleviation of the depressive symptoms of minor depression and major depression. The article is relevant and important to deal with the issue of mental disorders. Therefore, it can be advocated for or promoted to help in dealing with minor depression and preventing it from occurring. CBT is helpful in the promotion of an increased level of cognitive function.

Gautam, M., Tripathi, A., Deshmukh, D., & Gaur, M. (2020). Cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression. Indian journal of psychiatry, 62(Suppl 2), S223. Doi: 10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_772_19

The authors focused on the study of cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression. The article provided is not based on a specific method. The authors are employed as consultant psychiatrists, the department of Psychiatry, the Department of MDG medical college, and consultant psychologists. The evidence from the study shows that CBT helps in the reduction of depressive symptoms as an independent treatment or when combined with other medication, helps in the modification of the underlying schemas or beliefs that assist in the maintenance of the depression, and helping in addressing different psychosocial issues. The information presented in the article is helpful for the research, however, it can be questioned since the authors failed to give clear data about the method of study adopted.

von Brachel, R., Hirschfeld, G., Berner, A., Willutzki, U., Teismann, T., Cwik, J. C., ... & Margraf, J. (2019). Long-term effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy in routine outpatient care: a 5-to 20-year follow-up study. Psychotherapy and psychosomatics, 88(4), 225-235. DOI: 10.1159/000500188

The authors focused on the investigation of the psychological functioning of selected outpatients who were on CBT for various mental disorders. The authors are employed at the mental health research and treatment center, the faculty of business and health, the faculty of psychology and psychotherapy, and the mental health research and treatment center. Based on these qualifications, the authors had the knowledge and information related to the information presented in the article. The author adopted the pre and post-treatment and from the pre-treatment to follow-up evaluation. The study outcomes show the long-term effectiveness of the CBT approach in addressing various groups of mental illnesses like depression, anxiety, and treating disorders. The study is important and can be adopted to tackle the presented issue of mental illness as it shows the effectiveness of the CBT.

Wright, J. H., Owen, J. J., Richards, D., Eells, T. D., Richardson, T., Brown, G. K., ... & Thase, M. E. (2019). Computer-assisted cognitive-behavior therapy for depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 80(2), 3573. DOI: 10.4088/JCP.18r12188

The authors focused on evaluating the effectiveness of the computer-assisted forms of CBT for the major depressive disorder (MDD) ad examining the role played by the clinical support. The authors derived the data from databases such as Scopus with a focus on the RCT of the computer-assisted CBT for depression and the RCT of the mobile applications for CBT of depression. The outcome of the study shows that computer-assisted CBT with some support from the provider is effective in depressive symptoms. The study is, therefore, important for the selected issues since it shows the computer-assisted CBT approach as one of the interventions that can be adopted.

Yang, Z., Oathes, D. J., Linn, K. A., Bruce, S. E., Satterthwaite, T. D., Cook, P. A., ... & Sheline, Y. I. (2018). Cognitive-behavioral therapy is associated with enhanced cognitive control network activity in major depression and posttraumatic stress disorder. Biological psychiatry: cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging, 3(4), 311-319. DOI:  10.1016/j.bpsc.2017.12.006

The author adopted the experimental research to determine how the CBT is linked to the improved cognitive control network activity with the major depression and the PTSD. The authors are employed at the department of psychological sciences, the center of neuromodulation in depression, and the department of biostatics among others. This is an indication that research is based on the expertise and skills possessed by the authors. The study outcome shows the dimensional abnormal in the process of activating the cognitive control regions that were linked to the depressive signs. The activation of the cognitive control regions was the same for patients with Major depressive disorder and PTSD under CBT. The study is important since it shows the role the in the treatment of mental conditions like PTSD.

Salomonsson, S., Santoft, F., Lindsäter, E., Ejeby, K., Ingvar, M., Öst, L. G., ... & Hedman-Lagerlöf, E. (2020). Predictors of outcome in guided self-help cognitive behavioral therapy for common mental disorders in primary care. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 49(6), 455-474. DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2019.1669701

The study was aimed at investigating the predictors of the outcome for the guided self-help CBT for the clients with widely recognized mental illnesses within the primary care. Experimental research work was adopted. The analyses were performed utilizing logical and linear regression. The study reveals that the variables such as patient adherence to the treatment plan and the patient clinician’s estimation of the treatment response affect the overall outcome. The study is important as it reveals that the rating of high quality of life leads to remission and drop in the depression and an increased level of reliance to change. The authors are employees at the department of the centers for psychiatry and the department of neurobiology and neuroradiology among others. This is an indication of the qualification of the researchers in this area hence confirming the importance of the article when used to perform further research on the field of mental illness.

Cervin, M., Storch, E. A., Piacentini, J., Birmaher, B., Compton, S. N., Albano, A. M., ... & Kendall, P. C. (2020). Symptom‐specific effects of cognitive‐behavioral therapy, sertraline, and their combination in a large randomized controlled trial of pediatric anxiety disorders. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 61(4), 492-502. DOI:  10.1111/jcpp.13124

The article is based on the use of the network intervention analysis (NIA) to analyze data collected from the RCT of pediatric anxiety disorder. The study outcomes show that all active treatments lead the positive outcomes. The most pronounced effect ranged from avoidance and psychological distress. Therefore, the combination of the CBT and sertraline appear to be having mechanism of action on psychological distress. The study is important for use since it reveals the effectiveness of a combined CBT and medication process. The information presented in the article is reliable since the authors have qualifications and professionals in the departments of psychiatry, department of clinical sciences, and the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences.