| dc.description.abstract | This study aims at looking at both the historical and modern aspects of two of the main behavioural activation treatments for depression; i) Behavioral Activation and ii) the original and revised manuals of the Brief Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression with a focus on the latter. A brief history of the origins of Behavioral Activation will be presented as developed by Ferster in 1973 and Lewinsohn in 1974, influenced by the work of Skinner (1953), after which focus will be directed to the original and revised versions of the Brief Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression. In the end, a Proposed Modified Model, developed by the author of the current study will be presented. As part of this study, a second article of an empirical nature was written based on the modifications suggested in the current paper, which investigated the effectiveness of the Proposed Modified Model on participants with depression, living in south Oslo, Norway, using a multiple probe design. The findings in article 2, suggest that the Proposed Modified Model was effective in decreasing depressive symptoms in eight of the nine participants, concluding that an even simpler and shorter model than the Brief Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression in the form of the Proposed Modified Model may lead to effective results in lowering depression | en |
