Trial reportBMC psychiatry2025
Comparative effectiveness of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy for major depression in psychiatric outpatient clinics: a randomized controlled trial.
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What Works for Whom and How? Mechanisms of Change in Psychotherapy
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Efficacy of a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Based Online Self-Help Group for Depression and Suicide Ideation: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness of a family-oriented intervention for children of mentally ill parents on children's mental health and health-related quality of life: a prospective, rater-blinded, cluster-randomized controlled multicenter trial.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Article
- Bridging Science and Subjectivity: Evolving Evidence, Emerging Technologies and the Call for Personalised Psychotherapy: Créer une passerelle entre la science et la subjectivité : Évolution des données probantes, arrivée de nouvelles technologies et appel à une psychothérapie personnalisée.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2026Article
- The significance of personality disorder and traits in short-term psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral therapy for major depression.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Unilateral prosopometamorphopsia caused by infarction of the splenium of the corpus callosum: 4 case report and review of the literature.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025Review
- Childhood trauma and treatment outcomes in short-term psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral therapy for adult depression.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundMore studies with low risk of bias on the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (STPP) for major depressive disorder (MDD) are needed. This study compares the outcome of CBT and STPP and examines the improvements in each treatment, focusing on effect sizes, reliable change, dropout rates, and remission rates, using broad inclusion criteria (e.g. participants using antidepressants or with strong suicidal ideation).
methodsOne hundred patients were randomly allocated to CBT or STPP. All patients were offered either 16 weekly sessions followed by 3 monthly booster sessions in CBT, or 28 weekly sessions in STPP. Primary outcome measures were Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) and Beck's Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). Secondary outcome measures were Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) and Short Form Health Survey-12 (SF-12).
resultsNo significant differences in outcomes were found between the two treatment groups on any of the measures. The within-group effects were large (> 0.8) for the primary outcome measures and moderate to large for the secondary outcome measures. According to the reliable change index (RCI), 79% of patients reliably improved on HDRS and 76% improved on BDI-II, whereas respectively 6% and 10% reliably deteriorated.
conclusionsThese findings support the assumption that CBT and STPP are equally effective treatments for patients with depressive disorders in psychiatric outpatient clinics. Additionally, they strengthen the evidence for the effectiveness of both CBT and STPP in these settings, while also highlighting that not all depressed patients respond to short-term treatment. CLINICAL
trial registrationClinical Trial gov. Identifier: NCT03022071. Date of registration: 2016-11-14.
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