Major depressive disorder is associated with considerable morbidity, disability, and risk for suicide. Treatments for depression most commonly include antidepressants, psychotherapy, or the combination. Little is known about predictors of treatment response for depression. In this study, 681 patients with chronic forms of major depression were treated with an antidepressant (nefazodone), Cognit...

Abstract Unlike best practice guidelines for detecting and addressing medication side effects, there are no widely adopted to help therapists identify address the possible negative effects of psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is a first-line evidence-based intervention youth depression anxiety, but literature contains few studies psychotherapy’s potential even fewer direct reports their psychotherap...

OBJECTIVE To conduct a formal economic evaluation of various dosages of psychotherapy for patients with avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive (ie, cluster C) personality disorders (Structured Interview for DSM-IV Personality criteria). METHOD We developed a decision-analytic model to assess the cost-effectiveness of 5 dosages of psychotherapy (ie, long-term outpatient psychotherapy, s...

The aim of this exploratory study was to examine the possible mechanisms of behavioral change in a cognitive-behavioral intervention supporting medication adherence in HIV-infected persons. A total of 60 persons currently under medical treatment were randomized to psychotherapy or usual care and were compared with a sociodemographically matched group of general psychotherapy clients. Outcome me...

Although integration has been formally influencing the field of psychotherapy since the 1930s, its impact gained significant momentum during the 1980s. Practical, theoretical, and scientific reasons help to explain the growing influence of integration in psychotherapy. The field of psychotherapy is characterized by many challenges which integration may change into meaningful opportunities. None...

The text presented below, consisting of two complementary parts, was written almost three years ago as a chapter for a book on cognitive therapy. As the publication of the book was continually delayed, a week before his death Professor Leder asked the book editor, Andrzej Kokoszka, if he didn’t think it suitable to publish at least parts of the book separately, since the publication date was in...

distressing character of infertility has led to the development of several psychosocial interventions. we describe two women who suffered from infertility with unknown cause for a long-time period. they participated in weekly, one and half hour group psychotherapy for 10 sessions regularly and became pregnant after these sessions. group psychotherapy can be used for infertile women who suffer f...

Hakomi as a legitimate & scientifically valid form of Body-Psychotherapy The European Association for Body-Psychotherapy (EABP) has already made a submission about the scientific validity of Body-Psychotherapy as a mainstream branch of psychotherapy. This has been accepted by the EAP and thus, according to it's criteria, Body-Psychotherapy is scientifically validated. Hakomi is a modality withi...

Neuroscience has developed a number of useful methods for analyzing cognitive function. As a result, our understanding of normal and abnormal mental function has grown substantially. These insights have improved the ability to intervene pharmacotherapeuti-cally in the treatment of patients with mental illness. Can this new understanding also inform and improve psychotherapeutic interventions? P...