Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in patients suffering fromdepression and in receipt of disability benefits

Depression is expected to become the second leading cause of disease burden

worldwide by the year 2020. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is one of the most

effective methods of treatment for depression. CBT may be less effective, or

ineffective, in the setting of patients in receipt of disability benefits who are likely to, on

average, suffer worse outcomes than patients not receiving benefits. Currently, there

is no review that has systematically assessed the effectiveness of CBT in patients

suffering from depression and in receipt of disability benefits. We will examine the

effectiveness of CBT in patients suffering from depression and in receipt of disability

benefits by performing a systematic review of studies that evaluate CBT and by

analyzing the administrative database of Sun Life Financial, a Canadian private

insurance company. This would have large implications in establishing if the current

treatment funds directed to CBT represent a good investment.

Faculty Supervisor:

Gordon Guyatt

Student:

Partner:

Sun Life Financial

Discipline:

Life Sciences

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University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

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