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Established psychotherapies for major depressive disorder

Established psychotherapies for major depressive disorder
Type of psychotherapy Emphasis/objectives Components
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) Changes:
  • Inaccurate, negative thoughts and beliefs
  • Problematic behaviors
Includes:
  • Education about depression-related thoughts, emotions, and behaviors
  • Questioning inaccurate thoughts to develop alternative perspectives
  • Identifying, evaluating, and challenging distorted beliefs
  • Relaxation and exposure exercises
  • Coping skills training
  • Stress management
  • Assertiveness training
  • Homework between sessions
Interpersonal psychotherapy Addresses interpersonal difficulties in at least 1 of the following:
  • Grief
  • Role disputes
  • Role transitions
  • General interpersonal deficits

Interventions are tailored to each problem area.

As an example, if the patient and another individual are actively negotiating a role dispute unsuccessfully, therapy focuses on improving communication skills and modifying expectations.
Problem-solving therapy Develops rational and effective problem-solving skills Guides patients to:
  • Identify and define the problem
  • Describe the barriers to its resolution
  • Set an achievable goal
  • List and evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of all available solutions
  • Choose 1 solution
  • Develop and implement an action plan
  • Evaluate the outcome
Behavioral activation Behavioral activation is the behavioral component of CBT:
  • Identify precursors and consequences of problematic behaviors
  • Change problematic behaviors
Guides patients to identify and engage in activities that:
  • Decrease social withdrawal and avoidance behavior
  • Reduce disruption of basic life routines
  • Encourage engagement with the environment
  • Increase pleasure or mastery
  • Establish routines
Family/couples therapy Improves functioning of the entire family/couple by:
  • Correcting distorted communication
  • Addressing impaired relationships
Guides patients and their family members to:
  • Improve communication and support among all members
  • Fulfill their individual roles and responsibilities
  • Understand depression and its effects on the patient's capabilities
  • Discuss how the patient's social withdrawal, negativity, and dependence can elicit blame, criticism, and hostility from family members and help family to consider alternative responses
Short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy Improves patient's awareness and insight regarding repetitive interpersonal and intrapsychic conflicts

Uses observation, interpretation, confrontation, clarification, empathic validation, education, and advice.

Guides patients to:
  • Remember and process formative childhood experiences
  • Recognize parallels between childhood experiences and current relationships
  • Develop insight into and change maladaptive behavioral patterns
Supportive psychotherapy Provides support for addressing personal problems

Uses active listening, empathic validation, reassurance and encouragement, confrontation, and role modeling of adaptive behavior to promote healthy coping strategies.

Identifies and changes:
  • Problematic relationships
  • Maladaptive patterns of behavior and emotional responses
Reference:
  1. Barth J, Munder T, Gerger H, et al. Comparative efficacy of seven psychotherapeutic interventions for patients with depression: A network meta-analysis. PLoS Med 2013; 10:e1001454.
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