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To review the theoretical framework and clinical application of metacognitive therapy for the treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders.

April 14, 2009Anxiety Stress & Coping

Metacognitive therapy for anxiety and depression

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To review the theoretical framework and clinical application of metacognitive therapy for the treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders.
Review of Adrian Wells' clinical manual detailing metacognitive theory, case formulations, and therapeutic protocols.
Evaluation of interventions targeting the cognitive attentional syndrome, rumination, and dysfunctional metacognitive beliefs.
Identifies unhelpful metacognitions, such as believing worry is uncontrollable or harmful, as core drivers of emotional distress.
Demonstrates structured interventions that reduce repetitive thinking styles and restore flexible cognitive control without directly debating thought content.

Implication

Clinical review outlines metacognitive therapy for anxiety and depression, highlighting how modifying beliefs about thinking improves psychological outcomes.

Abstract

Metacognitive therapy for anxiety and depression, by Adrian Wells, New York, The Guilford Press, 2008, +316 pp., £27.50 (hardcover), ISBN 978-1-59385-994-7 Therapies for mental disorders have been ...

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Vimala Veeraraghavan (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a127ce2a2d24b27c1676c75 https://doi.org/10.1080/10615800902833770

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Clinical review outlines metacognitive therapy for anxiety and depression, highlighting how modifying beliefs about thinking improves psychological outcomes.

Metacognitive therapy for anxiety and depression

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