Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, Maastrciht, The Netherlands.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2024;1456:273-290. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-4402-2_14.
Well-being therapy (WBT) is a short-term psychotherapeutic strategy, based on the technique of self-observation via the use of a structured diary and the guide of a therapist, with the goal of increasing psychological well-being, thus reaching euthymia and a balance among psychic forces. WBT showed to be suitable for application in residual symptoms of unipolar and bipolar depression, since the sequential combination with cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) led to a decrease in the relapse rate of recurrent depression. WBT also showed clinical utility in the treatment of cyclothymia, which represents one of the stages of bipolar disorder. Further, WBT seems to have efficacy in treatment-resistant depression and in case of withdrawal syndromes (in particular the so-called persistent post-withdrawal disorder) following antidepressant decrease, switch or discontinuation. In brief, WBT is a rather new but promising therapeutic strategy in the management of unipolar and bipolar depression. This chapter offers an overview of WBT possible applications.
幸福疗法（WBT）是一种短期心理治疗策略，基于通过使用结构化日记和治疗师的指导进行自我观察的技术，旨在提高心理健康水平，从而达到心境平和并平衡心理力量。WBT 适用于单相和双相抑郁的残留症状，因为与认知行为疗法（CBT）的序贯联合可降低复发性抑郁的复发率。WBT 在治疗环性心境障碍方面也具有临床实用性，环性心境障碍是双相障碍的一个阶段。此外，WBT 似乎对治疗抵抗性抑郁症和抗抑郁药减量、转换或停药后出现的撤药综合征（特别是所谓的持续性撤药后障碍）有效。简而言之，WBT 是单相和双相抑郁管理中一种相对较新但有前途的治疗策略。本章概述了 WBT 的可能应用。
