| Autor: |
Takagaki, Koki, Okamoto, Yasumasa, Jinnin, Ran, Mori, Asako, Nishiyama, Yoshiko, Yamamura, Takanao, Yokoyama, Satoshi, Shiota, Syouichi, Okamoto, Yuri, Miyake, Yoshie, Ogata, Akiko, Kunisato, Yoshihiko, Shimoda, Haruki, Kawakami, Norito, Furukawa, Toshi A, Yamawaki, Shigeto |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment. 14:2633-2641 |
| ISSN: |
1176-6328 |
| Popis: |
Background: No significant effect of psychological treatment has been reported from meta-analysis of subthreshold depression patients and control subjects at 1-year follow-up. However, behavioral activation is a simpler and more cost-effective treatment than cognitive behavioral therapy. The primary purpose of this study was to assess by comparison to an assessment-only control group whether the effects of behavioral activation program for depressive symptoms can persist up to 1-year follow-up without the use of antidepressants or other psychotherapy. Patients and methods: Late adolescent students were the population targeted in this study. Participants were allocated randomly to an intervention group (n=62) or a control group (n=56). Treatment consisted of five-weekly 60-minute sessions. Participants underwent a structured interview and completed self-report scales at 1 year post-assessment. Results: Late adolescent students receiving treatment had significantly lower mean Beck Depression Inventory, second edition scores at 1-year follow-up than control group students. The effect size (Hedges’ g) for between-group differences at 1-year follow-up was -0.41. Conclusion: Our behavioral activation program is simple and short. Nevertheless, the results obtained at 1-year follow-up of the control group and late adolescent students receiving treatment indicated a significant difference in their Beck Depression Inventory, second edition scores. Our 5-week behavioral activation program based on behavioral characteristics for subthreshold depression might be promising for subthreshold depression. The sample examined for this study imposed some study limitations. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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