Outcomes of acute phase cognitive therapy in outpatients with anxious versus nonanxious depression.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Compared to nonanxious depressed patients, anxious depressed patients respond less to pharmacotherapy, prompting consideration of alternate treatments. Based on the transdiagnostic principles of cognitive therapy (CT), we predicted that anxious depressed patients would respond as well to CT as nonanxious depressed patients.

Method

Adults (n = 523) with recurrent major depressive disorder received 12-14 weeks of CT as part of the Continuation Phase Cognitive Therapy Relapse Prevention Trial. Anxious depressed patients (n = 264; 50.4%) were compared to nonanxious depressed patients (n = 259; 49.6%) on demographic variables, initial severity, attrition, and rates and patterns of response and remission.

Results

Anxious depressed patients presented with greater i

SUBMITTER: Smits JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3362240 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature