Sequence of improvement in depressive symptoms across cognitive therapy and pharmacotherapy
Sequence of improvement in depressive symptoms across cognitive therapy and pharmacotherapy
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jad.2007.12.227
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发表时间:
2008-09-01
影响因子:
6.6
通讯作者:
Beck, Aaron T.
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作者:
Bhar, Sunil S.;Gelfand, Lois A.;Beck, Aaron T.
Background: The authors examined the patterns of improvement in cognitive and vegetative symptoms of major depression in individuals treated with cognitive therapy (CT) or pharmacotherapy (PT).Method: Outpatients diagnosed with major depressive disorder (n = 180) were randomized to receive either CT or PT. Cognitive and vegetative symptoms of major depression were measured by the Beck Depression Inventory-II at baseline and regularly throughout 16 weeks of treatment.Results: Multivatiate hierarchical linear modeling demonstrated the same patterns of change over time for cognitive and vegetative symptoms within CT and within PT.Limitations: Self-report measures may not be sufficiently specific to capture subtle differences in improvements between vegetative and cognitive symptoms.Conclusions: These results are consistent with Beck's [Beck, A.T., 1994, November. Cognition and theory [Letter to the editor]. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry 41, 1112-1114.] hypothesis that CT and PT have a similar site of action, which when targeted, results in changes in both cognitive and vegetative features. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.