title: Behavioural activation: history, evidence and promise.
abstract: Behavioural activation holds promise to reduce the global burden of depression as a treatment approach that is effective, easy to teach, scalable and acceptable to providers and patients across settings and cultures. This editorial reviews the history of behavioural activation, what it is, current evidence for its use and future directions.
authors.forename: Jonathan W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kanter
authors.forename: Ajeng J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Puspitasari
authors.forename: Maria M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Gabriela A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Nagy
mesh_terms: D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic