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| Depressed caregivers: comparative outcomes of two interventions | | Author(s) | Ann M Steffen, Andrew Futterman, Dolores Gallagher-Thompson |
| Journal title | Clinical Gerontologist, vol 19, no 4, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 3-16 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Family care ; Women as carers ; Depression ; Stress ; Therapy ; Psychiatric treatment. |
| Annotation | A pooled sample of 53 female caregivers meeting Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC) for Major Depressive Disorder was used to compare response to brief individual versus group interventions for depression. Caregivers participating in individual psychotherapy and caregivers participating in cognitive-behavioural groups were compared on changes in Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scores and RDC diagnosis, 10 weeks into each intervention. While there were no differences between the interventions in BDI scores at 10 weeks, there was greater improvement in RDC diagnosis among the caregivers participating in the cognitive-behavioural groups. The authors suggest that the field is now ready for randomised clinical trials to address this question. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990211203 A |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: P6:SH: ENR: QNH: LO: LP |
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