The Potential Role of Learning Capacity in Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Depression: A Systematic Review of the Evidence and Future Directions for Improving Therapeutic Learning

Insight into how cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) works is urgently needed to improve depressive outcome. First, we discuss the role of learning in CBT for depression by reviewing evidence for learning processes involved in the development and maintenance of depression. Second, we investigate the role of learning capacity as a moderator by reviewing empirical evidence for the relation between (a) CBT procedures and learning processes, (b)...