Combined therapy versus usual care in the treatment of depressed cancer patients with pain

Abstract

Objective: To compare Brief Adlerian Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (B-APP) plus venlafaxine versus venlafaxine plus usual care on pain and depressive symptomatology of depressed patients with cancer pain.

XII Congresso Nazionale SPR | 5-6 ottobre 2018, Palermo (Italy)

“…In a previous study (Ferrero et al, 2007) the effectiveness of the Brief Adlerian Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (B-APP) in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder has been evaluated, with clinical results that remain stable at 6 and 12 months, also including subjects with personality disorder (cluster C). B-APP furthermore showed an improvement of depressive symptoms' control in oncological patients (Bovero et Al. 2017).…”