The IDEAL study was a 4.8-year prospective, randomized trial comparing usual simvastatin treatment (20 to 40 mg/day, n = 4,449) with high-dose atorvastatin (80 mg/day, n = 4,439) in patients with a history of myocardial infarction (MI).
Cognitive therapy: A relatively short-term form of psychotherapy based on the concept that the way we think about things affects how we feel emotionally.Cognitive therapy focuses on present thinking, behavior, and communication rather than on past experiences and is oriented toward problem solving.Cognitive therapy has been applied to a broad range of problems including depression, anxiety, panic, fears, eating disorders, substance abuse, and personality problems.ognitive therapy has, for instance, been used to help cocaine-dependent individuals become abstinent from cocaine and other substances. The underlying assumption is that learning processes play an important role in the development and continuation of cocaine abuse and dependence.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy also called Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and abbreviated CBT is set of therapies that may be used alone or in combination with other methods by a mental health provider. It is used with individuals, with groups, and with ages ranging from teens to adults. Some, but not all, forms of Cognitive Behavior Therapy consider the practice of stoicism to be a key element. 2  Cognitive Behavior Therapy is meant to be practiced in a collaboration of patient and therapist making joint decisions about focus, treatment goals, etc.