Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is recommended in most depression treatment guidelines, but little is known about its effectiveness in real-life practice. This study investigates whether IPT, delivered by mental health workers to elderly patients with major depressive disorder, is more effective than usual general practitioners' care (CAU).METHODS: A pragmatic randomized, controlled trial was conducted in which 143 patients were allocated to IPT (10 sessions) or to CAU. PRIMary care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD) and Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) assessments were used as primary outcomes.RESULTS: IPT was significantly more effective in reducing the percentage of patients with a diagnosis of depression (PRIME-MD), but not in inducing remission (MADRS
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 777-86 |
Number of pages | 690 |
Journal | The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2006 |
Keywords
- Aged
- Depressive Disorder
- Female
- Group
- Group: methods
- Humans
- Interpersonal Relations
- Major
- Major: diagnosis
- Major: psychology
- Major: therapy
- Male
- Primary Health Care
- Primary Health Care: methods
- Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
- Psychotherapy
- Severity of Illness Index
- aged
- depressive disorder
- female
- group
- group methods
- humans
- interpersonal relations
- major
- major diagnosis
- major psychology
- major therapy
- male
- primary health care
- primary health care methods
- psychiatric status rating scales
- psychotherapy
- severity illness index