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Effects of treatment duration and severity of depression on the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic-interpersonal psychotherapy

Shapiro, David A., Barkham, Michael, Rees, Anne, Hardy, Gillian E., Reynolds, Shirley, Startup, Mike·1994·Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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A total of 117 depressed clients, stratified for severity, completed 8 or 16 sessions of manualized treatment, either cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy (CB) or psychodynamic-interpersonal psychotherapy (PI). Each of 5 clinician-investigators treated clients in all 4 treatment conditions. On most measures, CB and PI were equally effective, irrespective of the severity of depression or the duration of treatment. However, there was evidence of some advantage to CB on the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck, Ward, Mendelson, Mock, & Erbaugh, 1961). There was no evidence that CB's effects were more rapid than those of PI, nor did the effects of each treatment method vary according to the severity of depression. There was no overall advantage to 16-session treatment over 8-session treatment. However, those presenting with relatively severe depression improved substantially more after 16 than after 8 sessions.

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  • One year after completing treatment in Shapiro et al.'s study, patients who had received 8 sessions of PIT did worse on almost all measures compared with the other three treatment conditions (8-session CBT, 16-session PIT, and 16-session CBT).

    “However, 1 year after completing treatment, patients who had received 8 sessions of PIT did worse on almost all measures compared with the other three treatment conditions (8-session CBT, 16-session PIT, and 16-session CBT).”

    From The empirical status of cognitive-behavioral therapy: A review of meta-analyses (2006) · cites this paper as Shapiro et al., 1994

  • At the end of treatment in Shapiro et al.'s study, CBT and PIT were equally effective for depression.

    “At the end of treatment CBT and PIT were equally effective (Shapiro et al., 1994).”

    From The empirical status of cognitive-behavioral therapy: A review of meta-analyses (2006) · cites this paper as Shapiro et al., 1994

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Authors
Shapiro, D. A., Barkham, M., Rees, A., Hardy, G. E., Reynolds, S., & Startup, M.
Affiliations
Economic and Social Research Council (GB)
Venue
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Published
1994-06
Volume
62
Issue
3
Pages
522-534
ISSN
  • 0022-006X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-2117
OpenAlex
W2042379575
Cited by
485
References
46
Citations by year
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FWCI
23.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Disorders
Keywords
depression, cognitive behavioral therapy, treatment duration, depression severity, brief psychotherapy, treatment effectiveness, manualized psychotherapy, Beck Depression Inventory
MeSH terms
Adult, Depressive Disorder, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Personality Inventory, Psychoanalytic Therapy, Time Factors, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome

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