Tracking functional brain changes in patients with depression under psychodynamic psychotherapy using individualized stimuli.

OBJECTIVE: Neurobiological models of depression posit limbic hyperactivity that should normalize after successful treatment. For psychotherapy, though, brain changes in patients with depression show substantial variability. Two critical issues in relevant studies concern the use of unspecific stimul...

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Main Authors: Daniel Wiswede, Svenja Taubner, Anna Buchheim, Thomas F Münte, Michael Stasch, Manfred Cierpka, Horst Kächele, Gerhard Roth, Peter Erhard, Henrik Kessler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4183537?pdf=render