Regime in CBT of major depression: Theory and practice

Major depression is a common mental disorder that impacts debilitating impacts a patient's quality of life and functioning. While reaching and maintaining a complete remission is the primary goal of the treatment, some patients with major depression achieve only partial remission with standard therapy and continue experiencing one or more depressive symp-toms. Furthermore, approximately half of the patients will experience another episode of depression during their lifetime. Therefore, it is essential to improve the implementa-tion of the established treatment approaches and find new effective therapeutic methods, significantly improving the quality of remission and the prognosis of the patient's condi-tion. This article focuses on the former and describes the options of working with a regime within cognitive-behavioural therapy. It also outlines approaches for dealing with common regime-related problems.