Cognitive therapy was developed by Aaron Beck and can change one's brain by altering thoughts and beliefs. A study in 1989 compared cognitive behavioral therapy to antidepressant medication and placebo for treating depression. It found that cognitive therapy was as effective as antidepressants and more so than placebo in reducing depressive symptoms over 16 weeks. Regularly practicing activities like meditation, exercise, learning new skills, and recalling memories can help train and strengthen the brain.

1. Presented By:
Asiya Riaz Siddiqui
February 16, 2013

2. How a new science reveals
our extraordinary potential
to transform ourselves.

5.  Thinking about your thoughts in a certain
way can alter the electrical and chemical
activity of a brain circuit.

6.  Cognitive therapy (CT) is a type of
psychotherapy developed by American
psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck
 It can change brain.

7.  Having made a mistake at work, a man may
believe, "I'm useless and can't do anything
right at work." Strongly believing this then
tends to worsen his mood.

9.  Beck initially focused on depression and
developed in thinking that he proposed could
maintain depression.
 Disease’s underlying neurochemical cause,
supposedly a paucity of the neurotransmitter
serotonin in the brain’s synapses.

10.  On Dec 29, 1987…
 A pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly got approval
to sell Fluoxetine Hydrochloride(Prozac)
 Reach upto USD 2 billion in annual sales.

11.  The rise of Prozac coincided with continuing
fall from grace of psychotherapy.
 - expensive
 - time consuming
 Then in 1989, scientist undertaken to
examine effectiveness of psychotherapy
compared to medication.

12.  Organized by NIMH..
 250 outpatients…assigned to receive one of
four treatments;
 - Interpersonal psychotherapy
 - Cognitive behavior therapy
 - Imipramine ( antidepressant)
 - Inert pill – Placebo
 - clinical management

13.  Developed in 1960s.
 It focuses on teaching patients how to handle
their emotions, thoughts and behaviors.
 Dysfunctional Thinking, fallacy of thoughts
such as
 “ the fact that I was not offered that job
means I am destined to be unemployed and
homelss”
 “I am a loser, and no one will ever love me”
 “Nothing will ever go right for me”

14.  Social cognitive theory is a learning theory
based on the ideas that people learn by
watching what others do and will not do,
these processes are central to understanding
personality.

15.  Depression may not caused b interpersonal
relations or experiences, it affects them.
 Lead disputes and conflicts to persistent
grief.

16.  In all four groups, patients suffered fewer
symptoms of depression over sixteen week.
 - Imipramine produced greatest improvement
 - Placebo the least with two psychotherapies
in between.

17.  “The power of cognitive behavior therapies in
depression is considerable, certainly equal to
the power of standard drug treatment for
depression”
 Gravin Andrew , professor of psychiatry
,University of New South Wales in Austrailia.

19. 13 Ways To Train Your Brain For Peak
Performance

21. Big Brain Academy
 Games – Test your mental activity
 Help you strengthen your mind

22. Practice Meditation.
 Meditation is about spending a little time
alone to relax and center your thoughts. It is
amazingly therapeutic.

23. Get plenty of rest
 Your ability to understand new information.
 Things always seem clearer and brighter after
a good night’s sleep.

24. Exercise regularly.
 Cardiovascular exercise improves blood flow
to the brain which improves brain
functioning.

25. Eat a good breakfast.

27. Be a continual learner

28. Stop watching so much television.

29. Work with numbers.

30. Stop relying on your GPS to tell you where to
go

31. Recall old memories.

32. Speak a new tongue.
 Many people agree that learning to a speak a
new language is a powerful way to give the
mind a stretch.
 The harder something is for the brain, the
better! You have so much more mental
capacity than you might imagine. Give it a
try!

33. Thank You