Treatment of Primary Dysthymia With Group Cognitive Therapy and Pharmacotherapy: Clinical Symptoms and Functional Impairments

• Published in: The American journal of psychiatry Vol. 156; no. 10; pp. 1608 - 1617
• Main Authors: Ravindran, Arun V., Anisman, Hymie, Merali, Zul, Charbonneau, Yoland, Telner, John, Bialik, Robert J., Wiens, Andrew, Ellis, Jack, Griffiths, Jenna
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Psychiatric Publishing 01.10.1999; American Psychiatric Association
• Subjects: Adult; Antidepressive Agents - therapeutic use; Associated treatments; Biological and medical sciences; Cognitive group therapy; Cognitive Therapy; Combined Modality Therapy; Depression; Double-Blind Method; Drugs; Dysthymic Disorder - psychology; Dysthymic Disorder - therapy; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Mental disorders; Middle Aged; Patients; Placebos; Prescription drugs; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Psychotherapy, Group; Sertraline - therapeutic use; Therapy; Treatment; Treatment Outcome; Treatments; Mood disorder; Human; Cognitive therapy; Serotonin; Psychotropic; Treatment efficiency; Group psychotherapy; Reuptake inhibitor; Sertraline; Stress; Quality of life; Chemotherapy; Dysthymia; Treatment; Primary; Antidepressant agent; Behavior therapy; Combined treatment; Coping; Comparative study

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the efficacy of antidepressant treatment (sertraline) and group cognitive behavior therapy, alone or in combination, in primary dysthymia. The clinical features of dysthymia, as well as the functional impairments associated with the illness (e.g., quality of life, stre...