Brain activation before and after cognitivebehavior therapy in first-episode patients with mildto-moderate major depressive disorder

摘要

Objective To explore the neurobiological mechanisms underlying cognitive-behavior therapy(CBT)for major depressive disorder(MDD)by detecting the neural changes of patients following CBT.Methods Thirteen first-episode treatment-naive patients with MDD and 13 matched healthy volunteers underwent fM RI scan.All the patients were treated with 6-week CBT only and scanned again after treatment.A gender recognition task