Table 3 Components of the Antidepressant Skills Workbook (Bilsker and Patterson, 2009)
Antidepressant skills | Activities |
|---|---|
1. Reactivating your life | Identifying activities (e.g. self-care, social involvement), setting realistic goals, implementing and reviewing goals |
2. Thinking realistically | Identifying depressive thoughts and their contribution to low mood, learning to challenge depressive thoughts and practicing realistic thinking |
3. Solving problems effectively | Identifying problems and actions to solve them, develop and evaluate an action plan |