Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Women With Sexual Abuse Histories
| Autor: | Xin Tu, Yeates Conwell, Erin A. Ward, Stephanie A. Gamble, Arthur Watts, Nancy L. Talbot, Scott Stuart, Michael W. O'Hara |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Community Mental Health Centers medicine.medical_treatment Poison control Pilot Projects Suicide prevention Life Change Events Adaptation Psychological Injury prevention medicine Humans Interpersonal Relations Child Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Depressive Disorder Major Child Abuse Sexual Mental illness medicine.disease Mental health Psychotherapy Psychiatry and Mental health Treatment Outcome Sexual abuse Interpersonal psychotherapy Patient Compliance Female Psychology Social Adjustment Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 193:847-850 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3018 |
| Popis: | Depression among women with childhood sexual abuse histories has a chronic and treatment-refractory course, and is accompanied by high rates of comorbid illness and adult trauma exposures. Reducing the disproportionate burden of serious mental illness among depressed, traumatized women must be a priority in community mental health settings. Effective treatments are needed. The feasibility and effects of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for women with major depression and childhood trauma histories were tested. Twenty-five women in a community mental health center were enrolled in a 16-session course of IPT. Symptoms, functioning, and feasibility (e.g., participation rates) were measured at baseline, 10 weeks, 24 weeks, and 36 weeks. Fifteen of the 25 participants completed eight or more sessions. Significant improvements in depression and psychological functioning, but not in social functioning, were observed. Although a 16-session course of IPT appears feasible and promising, modifications may be needed to reduce barriers to care and enhance treatment potency. |
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