Table 1.

Indications for cognitive behavioral therapy (situations that can call for preferred use of the psychological interventions) are

1. Client’s preference

2. Availability and accessibility of the trained therapist

3. Special situations like children and adolescents, pregnancy, lactation, female in fertile age group planning for pregnancy, medical comorbidities, etc.

4. Inability to tolerate psychopharmacological treatments

5. The presence of significant psychosocial factors, intrapsychic conflicts, and interpersonal difficulties