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Psychoeducational treatment and prevention of depression: The “coping with depression” course thirty years later

Cuijpers, Pim, Muñoz, Ricardo F., Clarke, Gregory N., Lewinsohn, Peter M.·2009·Clinical Psychology Review

Abstract

The "Coping with Depression" course (CWD) is by the far the best studied psychoeducational intervention for the treatment and prevention of depression, and is used in routine practice in several countries. The CWD is a highly structured cognitive-behavioral intervention, which has been adapted for several goals, contexts, and target populations. The efficacy of the CWD has been examined in 25 randomized controlled trials. We conducted a meta-analysis of these studies. The 6 studies aimed at the prevention of new cases of major depression were found to result in a reduced risk of getting major depression of 38% (incidence rate ratio was 0.62). The 18 studies examining the CWD as a treatment of depression found a mean effect size (Cohen's d) of 0.28. Direct comparisons with other psychotherapies did not result in any indication that the CWD was less efficacious. The CWD is a flexible treatment which can easily be adapted for different populations and this may have led researchers to use this intervention for complex target groups, which in turn may have resulted in a lower mean effect size. The CWD has contributed considerably to the development and innovation of prevention and treatment of depression in many target populations.

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Authors
Cuijpers, P., Muñoz, R. F., Clarke, G. N., & Lewinsohn, P. M.
Affiliations
  • Amsterdam Public Health (NL)
  • San Francisco General Hospital (US)
  • Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research (US)
  • Oregon Research Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Cuijpers, Pim
Venue
Clinical Psychology Review
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-07
Volume
29
Issue
5
Pages
449-458
ISSN
0272-7358 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2032365826
Cited by
336
References
85
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Clinical Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) (submittedVersion)
  • VU Research Portal (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
Keywords
psychoeducational intervention, depression prevention, major depressive disorder, cognitive behavioral therapy, treatment efficacy, intervention adaptation, target population
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Depressive Disorder, Major, Major Depressive Disorder, Depressive Disorder, Humans, Patient Education as Topic, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic

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