“Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can reduce symptoms of depression in people who fail to respond to drug treatment“ BBC News has reported.
The claim follows the publication of a well conducted trial in which 469 adults in the UK with depression whose symptoms had not responded to six months of antidepressants were split into two randomised groups
continued usual care (including continued antidepressants)
usual care with the addition of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)