Medications will be always necessary in the treatment of @entity162 . More and more, however, the importance of an adjunctive psychotherapy is emphasized. Numerous controlled therapy trials showed that @entity308 @entity1 can be effectively treated with cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). Therefore a literature search was done to check for the empirical evidence concerning the efficacy of CBT for @entity162 . We conducted a literature search using Medline, PsycINFO, and Psyndex, considering all publications dealing with the topic "psychotherapy and @entity162 " till July 2001. This search resulted in 241 articles. Ten percent of these publications were considered to be controlled trials. Four studies explicitly tested the efficacy of CBT. Compared to standard medical treatment, CBT proved to be efficient concerning symptomatic and functional outcome. However, there remain many questions to be answered, e.g., if there are differential effects on the course of @entity162 and @entity308 and how stable the results will be in the long run.

[Cognitive behavioral therapy as supplement to pharmacotherapy of XXXX . What is the empirical basis?].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity162 :: ('MESH:D001714', 'Disease') :: ['manic', 'bipolar affective disorders', 'bipolar disorder', 'bipolar disorders'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['unipolar depressed', 'depressive symptoms']
@entity308 :: (MESH:D003866,Disease) :: ['manic depressive disorders']
