Aim of this work is to present a series of data about the cognitive or behavioral therapy for depression and to suggest some methodological and clinical implications. As a such, we reviewed 72 articles in English language from 1980 to 1994, pointing out the following aspects: attrition, drop-out, short and long terms success rates. Further we presented out results by distinguish among behavior therapy Vs. Cognitive therapy, therapy with antidepressants vs. therapy without antidepressants, individual therapy Vs. group therapy, middle ages patients Vs. elders, outpatients Vs. volunteers. From a methodological perspective data are shown in form of patients’ improvement rate. Results show that six out ten patients who finish the psychotherapy are in remission and that the improvement is maintained up two years from the end of therapy. The results are similar with inpatients and patients with low education too, while it is necessary to study better treatments for the elderly. Further the results show that volunteers are not completely superimposable to outpatients. Finally, cognitive therapy for outpatients is not better than behavior therapy.

Efficacia clinica della terapia cognitiva e comportamentale della depressione: Una rassegna / C.Sica. - In: PSICOTERAPIA COGNITIVA E COMPORTAMENTALE. - ISSN 1126-1072. - STAMPA. - 2:(1996), pp. 31-55.

Efficacia clinica della terapia cognitiva e comportamentale della depressione: Una rassegna.

SICA, CLAUDIO
1996

Abstract

Aim of this work is to present a series of data about the cognitive or behavioral therapy for depression and to suggest some methodological and clinical implications. As a such, we reviewed 72 articles in English language from 1980 to 1994, pointing out the following aspects: attrition, drop-out, short and long terms success rates. Further we presented out results by distinguish among behavior therapy Vs. Cognitive therapy, therapy with antidepressants vs. therapy without antidepressants, individual therapy Vs. group therapy, middle ages patients Vs. elders, outpatients Vs. volunteers. From a methodological perspective data are shown in form of patients’ improvement rate. Results show that six out ten patients who finish the psychotherapy are in remission and that the improvement is maintained up two years from the end of therapy. The results are similar with inpatients and patients with low education too, while it is necessary to study better treatments for the elderly. Further the results show that volunteers are not completely superimposable to outpatients. Finally, cognitive therapy for outpatients is not better than behavior therapy.
1996
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31
55
C.Sica
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