Outcome of cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression: relation to hemispheric dominance for verbal processing

Autor: G E, Bruder, J W, Stewart, M A, Mercier, V, Agosti, P, Leite, S, Donovan, F M, Quitkin
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Journal of abnormal psychology. 106(1)
ISSN: 0021-843X
Popis: Unmedicated depressed outpatients were tested on dichotic syllable and complex tone tests prior to receiving 16 weekly sessions of cognitive therapy (n = 31) or 6-12 weeks of placebo treatment (n = 45). Cognitive-therapy responders had twice the right-ear (left hemisphere) advantage for syllables when compared with nonresponders but did not differ from nonresponders on the nonverbal task. The larger right-ear advantage in cognitive-therapy responders was due to better right-ear accuracy; they did not differ from nonresponders in left-ear accuracy. No differences in perceptual asymmetry or accuracy were found between placebo responders and nonresponders. Right-ear accuracy for syllables was the best predictor of response to cognitive therapy in a logistic regression analysis. The findings suggest that greater left-hemisphere advantage for verbal processing is associated with more favorable outcome of cognitive therapy for depression.
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