Schema therapy for patients with chronic depression: A single case series study

Malogiannis, Ioannis A.; Arntz, Arnoud; Spyropoulou, Anastasia; Tsartsara, Eirini; Aggeli, Aikaterini; Karvelis, Spyridoula; Vlavianou, Miranda; Pehlivanidis, Artemios; Papadimitriou, George N.; Zervas, Iannis M.

doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2014.02.003

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“…In parallel with the results of this study, cognitive therapy reduces depression in patients with obsessive personality disorders (45,46). Moreover, some studies show that schema therapy also has a significant effect on chronic depression and bipolar disorder (47,48).…”

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confidence: 82%

Comparison of the Effect of Schema Therapy and Cognitive Group Therapy on Depression in Women Engaging in High-Risk Sexual Behaviors Who Were Referred to Hamadan Health Center

Sabet¹,

Nejad²,

Khalatbari³

2016

Avicenna J Neuro Psych Physio

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Background: Treatment for psychological disorders is generally based on signs and symptoms, and research in this area has shown that major depression has become one of the most significant psychiatric disorders of the last decade. Objectives: This study was conducted to compare the effects of schema therapy and cognitive group therapy on women with depression who were engaging in high-risk sexual behaviors and were referred to the Hamadan Health Center for AIDS testing. Patients and Methods:This research was done at the Hamadan shohada infirmary from 2015 to 2016 and was confirmed by the ethics committee of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences. It was a semi-experimental study using single stage cluster sampling. The statistical sample consisted of 500 women ranging in age from 20 to 60 years old with at least a diploma. The women were engaging in high-risk sexual behaviors and were referred to the health center for AIDS testing. Psychologists and a physician conducted a diagnostic interview, and 217 subjects were randomly chosen using a sample volume formula, in addition to Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS). Eighty five of the subjects were diagnosed with depression, of whom 45 were chosen randomly and divided into three groups of 15 consisting of two experimental groups and one control group. Twelve sessions of cognitive group therapy and 12 sessions of schema therapy were implemented for 90 minutes per session. At the end of the training period, the three groups were post-tested and depression components were then investigated in the pretest and post-test results. Results: The findings support the idea that a significant difference exists in terms of the mean of depression between schema therapy and cognitive therapy, as follows: F (1, 41) = 60.650 P < 0.01. Conclusions:The results show that schema therapy is more effective than cognitive group therapy for treating depression in women engaging in high-risk sexual behaviors.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

Comparison of the Effect of Schema Therapy and Cognitive Group Therapy on Depression in Women Engaging in High-Risk Sexual Behaviors Who Were Referred to Hamadan Health Center

Sabet¹,

Nejad²,

Khalatbari³

2016

Avicenna J Neuro Psych Physio

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“…Although ST has primarily been applied to the treatment of personality disorders, more recently a schema therapy model for (chronic) depression has been described (Renner et al 2013). Initial evidence from single-case series suggests that ST could be an effective treatment for chronic depression (Malogiannis et al 2014, Renner et al 2015.…”

Section: Implications Of Mental Imagery For Cognitive Behavioral Intementioning

confidence: 99%

Mental Imagery in Depression: Phenomenology, Potential Mechanisms, and Treatment Implications

Holmes

Blackwell

Heyes

et al. 2016

Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol.

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Mental imagery is an experience like perception in the absence of a percept. It is a ubiquitous feature of human cognition, yet it has been relatively neglected in the etiology, maintenance, and treatment of depression. Imagery abnormalities in depression include an excess of intrusive negative mental imagery; impoverished positive imagery; bias for observer perspective imagery; and overgeneral memory, in which specific imagery is lacking. We consider the contribution of imagery dysfunctions to depressive psychopathology and implications for cognitive behavioral interventions. Treatment advances capitalizing on the representational format of imagery (as opposed to its content) are reviewed, including imagery rescripting, positive imagery generation, and memory specificity training. Consideration of mental imagery can contribute to clinical assessment and imagery-focused psychological therapeutic techniques and promote investigation of underlying mechanisms for treatment innovation. Research into mental imagery in depression is at an early stage. Work that bridges clinical psychology and neuroscience in the investigation of imagery-related mechanisms is recommended.

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“…For instance, fear structures are targeted in anxiety disorders (Lang, 1977; Foa & Kozak, 1986). Depressive networks, interlocks, and schemata (Beck & Dozois, 2011; Borsboom & Cramer, 2013; Teasdale, 1999; van de Leemput, et al 2014), emotional schemes (Greenberg, 2002), and early maladaptive schemata and modes (Beck, Freeman, & Davis, 2004; Malogianis, et al, 2014; Young, Klosko, & Weishaar, 2003) are central targets in treatments for depression and personality disorders. Clinical neuroscience is also shifting from studying discrete brain regions to mapping the connectivity of neural circuits that might be implicated across psychological disorders, using a functional network perspective (Weingarten & Strauman, 2015).…”

Section: A Dynamic Systems Framework For Understanding Depression Andmentioning

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Network destabilization and transition in depression: New methods for studying the dynamics of therapeutic change

Hayes

Yasinski

Barnes

et al. 2015

Clinical Psychology Review

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The science of dynamic systems is the study of pattern formation and system change. Dynamic systems theory can provide a useful framework for understanding the chronicity of depression and its treatment. We propose a working model of therapeutic change with potential to organize findings from psychopathology and treatment research, suggest new ways to study change, facilitate comparisons across studies, and stimulate treatment innovation. We describe a treatment for depression that we developed to apply principles from dynamic systems theory and then present a program of research to examine the utility of this application. Recent methodological and technological developments are also discussed to further advance the search for mechanisms of therapeutic change.

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Schema therapy for patients with chronic depression: A single case series study

Cited by 91 publications

References 62 publications

Comparison of the Effect of Schema Therapy and Cognitive Group Therapy on Depression in Women Engaging in High-Risk Sexual Behaviors Who Were Referred to Hamadan Health Center

Comparison of the Effect of Schema Therapy and Cognitive Group Therapy on Depression in Women Engaging in High-Risk Sexual Behaviors Who Were Referred to Hamadan Health Center

Mental Imagery in Depression: Phenomenology, Potential Mechanisms, and Treatment Implications

Network destabilization and transition in depression: New methods for studying the dynamics of therapeutic change

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