Another meta - analysis reached similar conclusions about the equivalence of CBT and BT1 and a recent large - scale clinical trial of BT
showed that it was as effective as antidepressant medication for depression.3 While BT and CBT were equally as effective for lower - levels of depression severity, patients with severe depression specifically benefited more from BT than CBT.3 Behavioural activation, which involves
graded activity and goal
scheduling, is the central component of BT for depression and may be related to a more general mechanism of change that is operating in many different treatments for depression, especially CBT.