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Cognitive–behavioural therapy v. usual care in recurrent depression

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: We examined in a primary care sample whether acute-phase cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) would be more effective than usual care for patients with multiple prior episodes of depression. Depression outcome was based on a 3-monthly administered Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) during a 2-year follow-up. We confirmed that in patients with four or more prior episodes, CBT outperformed usual care by four points on the BDI, but not in patients with three or fewer prior episodes. Subsequent analyses suggested that CBT may be able to tackle cognitive problems related to rumination in patients with recurrent depression.

Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry

DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.042937

Authors: Henk Jan Conradi, Peter de Jonge, Johan Ormel

Institutions: University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, University of Amsterdam, Tilburg University

Language: English

Topic: Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2152919701