Psychotherapy and depressive symptom trajectories among VA patients: Comparing dose-effect and good-enough level models.

ABSTRACT: Objective: Psychotherapy for depression is effective for many veterans, but the relationship between number of treatment sessions and symptom outcomes is not well established. The Dose-Effect model predicts that greater psychotherapeutic dose (total sessions) yields greater symptom improvement with each additional session resulting in smaller session-to-session improvement. In contrast, the Good-Enough Level (GEL) model predicts that rate of symptom improvement varies by total psychotherapeutic dose with faster improvement associated with earlier termination. This study compared the dose-effect and GEL model among veterans receiving psychotherapy for depression within the Veterans Health Administration. Method: The sample included 13,647 veterans with ≥2 session

SUBMITTER: Lee AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9383046 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature