Chronic Depression: Can Cognitive Therapy Succeed When Other Treatments Fail?

Abstract

This paper describes the use of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) with 24 chronically depressed in-patients. These individuals had previously failed to respond to all other standard antidepressant treatments and had been persistently depressed for at least two years. The clients were divided into two cohorts. The first (n=8) received a standard CBT package of 15 sessions combined with pharmacotherapy. The second cohort received a combined treatment, but the style of delivery of CBT was changed to try to take into account the special needs of the client population. At 12 weeks, 70% of the second cohort of clients showed a greater than 50% change on their pre-treatment objective and subjective depression ratings. The implications of these findings are discussed and further therapy trials in this difficult-to-treat population are encouraged.

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