A quick behavioral dichotic word test is prognostic for clinical response to cognitive therapy for depression: A replication study.

ABSTRACT: There are no commonly used clinical indicators of whether an individual will benefit from cognitive therapy (CT) for depression. A prior study found right ear (left hemisphere) advantage for perceiving dichotic words predicted CT response. This study replicates this finding at a different research center in clinical trials that included clinically representative samples and community therapists. Right-handed individuals with unipolar major depressive disorder who subsequently received 12-14 weeks of CT at the University of Pittsburgh were tested on dichotic fused words and complex tones tests. Responders to CT showed twice the mean right ear advantage in dichotic fused words performance than non-responders. Patients with a right ear advantage greater than the mean for healthy controls had

SUBMITTER: Bruder GE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5444294 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature