Brief Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Mothers Whose Children Are Receiving Psychiatric Treatment

Group versus individual interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents.

BACKGROUND This study adds to the limited evidence concerning the benefits of Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) with depressed adolescents. It evaluates the long-term effects of group versus individual delivery of this treatment approach. AIMS To conduct a small-scale examination of the long-term efficacy of group versus individual delivery of IPT for depressed adolescents. METHOD Thirty-ni...

Brief Psychotherapy With Children and Adolescents: Recent Treatment Outcome Studies

a rich array of brief clinical interventions designed to be of help to children and adolescents. A small number of these interventions have been rigorously evaluated, but those whose outcomes have been studied have demonstrated very promising results. In fact, the last decade has witnessed a significant increase in published reports of brief psychotherapy with children and adolescents, includin...

Treatment compliance among patients with personality disorders receiving group psychotherapy: what are the roles of interpersonal distress and cohesion?

It is often assumed that patients with personality disorders have worse compliance in psychotherapy (i.e., attend fewer sessions) than patients without personality disorders. Such an assumption can have negative consequences for the treatment of patients with personality disorders. It also denies the presence of variability in session attendance among patients with personality disorders. Resear...

Interpersonal psychotherapy for depression

Interpersonal psychotherapy (Klerman 1984, 1993) is still the new kid on the block, despite an evidence base dating back to the 1970s and in clu­ sion in multiple good practice guidelines. Training courses have been established throughout the UK and North America for over 15 years and continue to expand to an international market. National and international societies have been established to su...

Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression