In the last decades, several therapies for unipolar depression have been developed, for
example cognitive therapy, behavior therapy and pharmacotherapy. A new kind of therapy is
bibliotherapy. What is new in this treatment modality is not the content, because
bibliotherapy usually uses a cognitive-behavioral approach. Only the form in which it is
presented is new. In bibliotherapy the patient takes a standardized treatment home, in book
form, and works it through more or less independently. Contacts with therapists are only …