Task instructions: You are required to conduct a literature review on cognitive‐behavioural therapy (CBT).
Specifically, you will need to:
1. Outline the underlying theoretical principles and concepts of CBT.
2. Synthesise and critically analyse:
i. evidence on the efficacy of CBT for depressive and anxiety symptoms
ii. evidence on the efficacy of CBT for depressive and anxiety symptoms for individuals from culturally diverse backgrounds.
iii. challenges in applying CBT for depressive and anxiety symptoms in practice

Tips: 1. You may wish to use a combination of the following key words in the library databases: “cognitive behaviour therapy”; “efficacy”, “effectiveness”, “randomised controlled trials”, “depression or depressive symptoms”, “anxiety symptoms”, “cultural adaptation”, “culturally diverse populations”, “client experiences of change”, “a qualitative analysis of client’s experiences”.

2. You are required to exclude studies on mental disorders from your literature review. Specifically, you are required to exclude studies on major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders (i.e., social anxiety disorder,
generalised anxiety disorder, panic disorder).

3. Read chapter 12 and 13 from your textbook (Dobson & Dobson, 2020) to get a better understanding of methods to evaluate interventions and challenges in practice and also Levant and Hasan (2008) and Evidence-based practice in Psychology Husley (2007) Key challanges in evidence-based practice.

Textbook recommend to use E
Evidence-Based Practice of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Second Edition
Deborah Dobson and Keith S. Dobson

Another book that i have also added
by Judith S. Beck Cognitive Behavior therapy