Journal article
Treatment of Depressed In-Patients: Cognitive Therapy plus Medication, Relaxation plus Medication, and Medication Alone
British journal of psychiatry, Vol.156(1), pp.73-78
01/1990
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.156.1.73
PMID: 2404539
Abstract
Thirty in-patients received one of three treatments – medication (nortriptyline) alone (MA), relaxation therapy plus medication (RT&M), or cognitive therapy plus medication (CT&M) (each n = 10) – along with ward milieu. The relaxation and cognitive therapy groups participated in 12 therapy sessions. Symptoms of depression and related cognitive variables were assessed at sessions 1, 6 and 12, and at discharge. All groups improved over the course of the study. CT&M and RT&M groups reported significantly fewer depressive symptoms and negative cognitions at discharge than the MA group. The number of subjects judged depressed at discharge was lower in the CT&M group than in the MA and RT&M groups. It is proposed that a consistent rationale for treatment is a significant facilitating factor in achieving behavioural and cognitive changes in depression.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Treatment of Depressed In-Patients: Cognitive Therapy plus Medication, Relaxation plus Medication, and Medication Alone
- Creators
- Wayne A Bowers
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- British journal of psychiatry, Vol.156(1), pp.73-78
- DOI
- 10.1192/bjp.156.1.73
- PMID
- 2404539
- ISSN
- 0007-1250
- eISSN
- 1472-1465
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/1990
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Record Identifier
- 9984004077402771
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