Memory support strategies and bundles: A pathway to improving cognitive therapy for depression?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Therapist use of memory support (MS) alongside treatment-as-usual, with the goal of enhancing patient recall of treatment contents, has been of recent interest as a novel pathway to improve treatment outcome. The memory support intervention (MSI) involves treatment providers' using 8 specific MS strategies to promote patient memory for treatment. The present study examines to what extent therapist use of MS strategies and bundles improves patient recall of treatment contents and treatment outcome.

Method

The data were drawn from a pilot RCT reported elsewhere. Participants were 48 adults (mean age = 44.27 years, 29 females) with major depressive disorder (MDD), randomized to receive 14 sessions of either CT + Memory Support (n = 25) or CT-as-usual (n = 23). Therapi

SUBMITTER: Dong L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5563823 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature