Change in negative mental filter is associated with depression reduction in metacognitive training for depression in older adults (MCT-Silver).

ABSTRACT: Identifying components of modularized psychological interventions that contribute to symptom reduction is essential to improving depression treatment. In a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial (RCT), session-specific effects of Metacognitive Training-Silver, a group intervention for older adults with depression, were investigated. Thirty-eight older adults with major depressive disorder or dysthymia participated in up to eight sessions of MCT-Silver. A clinical assessment of depressive symptoms (Hamilton Depression Rating Scale) as well as additional interviews and questionnaires administered as part of the RCT were completed at pre- and post-intervention. Depressive symptoms, negative (meta)cognitive beliefs, emotion regulation strategies and attitudes toward aging were ass

SUBMITTER: Schneider BC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11272923 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature