free reading cognitive behavioral therapies for persons with disabilities new directions in cognitive behavior therapy uploaded by anne rice during the past decade cognitive behavioral therapies have become the treatment of choice for a range of emotional disorders while the effectiveness of this approach is unquestionable. During the past decade cognitive behavioral therapies have become the treatment of choice for a range of emotional disorders while the effectiveness of this approach is unquestionable unfortunately several populations have been relatively ignored by cognitive behavioral therapists persons with disabilities being one of them in this outstanding book dr radnitz provides an essential guide for the clinician specializing in treatment of this population as well as for others . Based on the recent research cognitive behavioural therapy cbt has extensively popularised particularly in the last three decades as a standard therapeutic approach cbt has been widely applied in solving numerous mental related problems as will be seeing later in the paper majority of persons with learning disabilities are the ageing population and this population is on the rise this implies that that the evidence base of their mental problems. Behavioral intervention aimed at reducing anxiety and depression cognitive behavioral therapy cbt is a widely used form of talk therapy that helps people overcome a variety of mental health and substance use disorders in cbt individuals work with counselors to identify patterns of thought and belief that lead to unwanted behaviors such. Cbt for people with intellectual disabilities emerging evidence cognitive ability and iq effects john l taylor northumbria university and northumberland tyne and wear nhs trust uk william r lindsay nhs tayside the sate hospital carstairs and university of abertay dundee uk paul willner bro morgannwg nhs trust and university of wales swansea uk behavioural cognitive psychotherapy