A strength of the cognitive explanation of dperession?

-Practical applications of the cognitive explanation of depression, for example: therapy -Cognitive explantion been used to develop effective treatments like: CBT and rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) whcih was developed from Ellis' model. -CBT is consistently found to be the best treatment for depression, especially when used in conjunction with drug treatment -Means that the cognitive explanation of depression is useful as it can be applied to develop effective therapy techniques to help treat people with depression, by tackling negative thoughts