COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL AND BRIEF PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPIES FOR DEPRESSED FAMILY CAREGIVERS

被引：133

作者：

GALLAGHERTHOMPSON, D ^{[1
]}

STEFFEN, AM ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] STANFORD UNIV, SCH MED, DIV ENDOCRINOL GERONTOL & METAB, STANFORD, CA 94305 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY | 1994年 / 62卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1037/0022-006X.62.3.543

中图分类号：

B849 [应用心理学];

学科分类号：

040203 ;

摘要：

Clinically depressed family caregivers (N = 66) of frail. elderly relatives were randomly assigned to 20 sessions of either cognitive-behavioral (CB) or brief psychodynamic (PD) individual psychotherapy. At posttreatment, 71% of the caregivers were no longer clinically depressed according to research diagnostic criteria (RDC), with no differences found between the 2 outpatient treatments. The results suggested therapy specificity: there was an interaction between treatment modality and length of caregiving on symptom-oriented measures. Clients who had been caregivers for a shorter period showed improvement in the PD condition, whereas those who had been caregivers for at least 44 months improved with CB therapy. These findings suggest that patient-specific variables should be considered when choosing treatment for clinically depressed family caregivers.

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页码：543 / 549

页数：7