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Pilot study of treatment for major depression among women prisoners with substance use disorder

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Johnson, Jennifer E., Zlotnick, Caron·2012·Journal of Psychiatric Research

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This study, the largest randomized controlled trial of treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD) in an incarcerated population to date, wave-randomized 38 incarcerated women (6 waves) with MDD who were attending prison substance use treatment to adjunctive group interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for MDD or to an attention-matched control condition. Intent-to-treat analyses found that IPT participants had significantly lower depressive symptoms at the end of 8 weeks of in-prison treatment than did control participants. Control participants improved later, after prison release. IPT's rapid effect on MDD within prison may reduce serious in-prison consequences of MDD.

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  • Three studies compared interpersonal therapy with treatment as usual among prisoners with depression and showed improvement in anxiety symptoms.

    “Three studies (one provided in group format and another two studies in individual form) compared IPT with treatment as usual (TAU) among the prisoners with depression and showed improvement in anxiety symptoms.24, 44”

    From Psychosocial Interventions for Prisoners with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review (2022) · cites this paper as [44]

    The Methods (section 2.3; page unavailable) describe group IPT for women prisoners with depression, and the Results (section 3.3; page unavailable) report lower depressive symptoms than in the control group. This paper reports one trial, not three; its control was attention-matched psychoeducation rather than treatment as usual, and it does not report improvement in anxiety symptoms. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • In most studies, significant improvement was noted in primary and secondary outcomes.

    “In most studies,18, 33, 35, 44, 52 significant improvement was noted in primary and secondary outcomes.32, 38, 44, 53”

    From Psychosocial Interventions for Prisoners with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review (2022) · cites this paper as [44]

    The Results (§3.3; page unavailable) report significantly lower in-prison depression scores with IPT than with psychoeducation, supporting improvement in one outcome. But §3.4 reports no statistically significant difference in post-release substance-use relapse or depression scores, so this study does not support significant improvement across primary and secondary outcomes. As a single study, it also cannot establish what happened in most studies. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Authors
Johnson, J. E., & Zlotnick, C.
Affiliations
Brown University (US)
Corresponding author
Johnson, Jennifer E.
Venue
Journal of Psychiatric Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-09
Volume
46
Issue
9
Pages
1174-1183
ISSN
0022-3956 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2074004399
Cited by
70
References
128
Citations by year
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FWCI
7.24
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Drug Abuse (K23DA021159)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Treatment of Major Depression
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
major depressive disorder, women prisoners, substance use disorders, interpersonal psychotherapy, adjunctive psychotherapy, depressive symptoms, prisoner release
MeSH terms
Adult, Major Depressive Disorder, Double-Blind Method, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Pilot Projects, Prisoners, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychotherapy, Retrospective Studies, Treatment Outcome, Statistics, Nonparametric, Substance-Related Disorders, Young Adult

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