TA Treatment of Depression: A Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design Study - ‘Penelope’

Section: Editorial Julie Haymentioning

confidence: 95%

IJTAR 8: 1 Editorial

Hay¹

2017

“…Recently, several HSCEDs supporting the effectiveness of TA treatment for depression (Widdowson, 2012a(Widdowson, , 2012b(Widdowson, , 2012c(Widdowson, , 2013Benelli, 2016aBenelli, , 2016bBenelli, , 2016c have been published, as was an additional adjudicated study which demonstrated effectiveness of TA for mixed depression and anxiety (Widdowson, 2014). Furthermore, a related study was published on TA for emetophobia (Kerr, 2013).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This study is the first of a series of seven, and belongs to the second Italian systematic replication of findings from two previous case series (Widdowson 2012a(Widdowson , 2012b(Widdowson , 2012c(Widdowson , 2013Benelli, 2016aBenelli, , 2016bBenelli, , 2016c and was conducted under the auspices of the European Association for Transactional Analysis (EATA) and the University of Padua.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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AbstractThis study is the first of a series of seven, and belongs to the second Italian systematic replication of findings from two previous series (Widdowson 2012a(Widdowson , 2012b(Widdowson , 2012c(Widdowson , 2013Benelli, 2016aBenelli, , 2016bBenelli, , 2016c) that investigated the effectiveness of a manualised transactional analysis treatment for depression through Hermeneutic SingleCase Efficacy Design (HSCED). The therapist was a white Italian woman with 8 years of clinical experience and the client, Anna, was a 33-year old white Italian woman who attended 16 sessions of transactional analysis psychotherapy.

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TA Treatment of Depression: A Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design Study - ‘Anna’

Benelli¹,

Moretti²,

Cavallero³

et al. 2017

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This study is the first of a series of seven, and belongs to the second Italian systematic replication of findings from two previous series (Widdowson 2012a(Widdowson , 2012b(Widdowson , 2012c(Widdowson , 2013Benelli, 2016aBenelli, , 2016bBenelli, , 2016c) that investigated the effectiveness of a manualised transactional analysis treatment for depression through Hermeneutic SingleCase Efficacy Design (HSCED). The therapist was a white Italian woman with 8 years of clinical experience and the client, Anna, was a 33-year old white Italian woman who attended 16 sessions of transactional analysis psychotherapy. Anna satisfied DSM-5 criteria for mild persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) with anxious distress. The conclusion of the judges was that this was a good-outcome case: the dysthymic symptoms improved over the course of the therapy and were maintained in the 'healthy' range at the 6-month followup, the client reported a positive experience of the therapy and described important changes in intrapsychic and interpersonal patterns. In this case study, transactional analysis treatment for depression has proven its efficacy in treating persistent depressive disorder.

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AbstractThis study is the third of a series of seven, and belongs to the second Italian systematic replication of findings from two previous series (Widdowson 2012a(Widdowson , 2012b(Widdowson , 2012c(Widdowson , 2013Benelli, 2016aBenelli, , 2016bBenelli, , 2016c) that investigated the effectiveness of a manualised transactional analysis treatment for depression through Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design (HSCED). Major Depression and Subthreshold Depression are often in comorbidity with Anxiety disorders in childhood and adolescence and represent a risk factor for ongoing mental health problems in adulthood.

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TA Treatment of Depression: A Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design Study - ‘Deborah’

Benelli¹,

Bergamaschi²,

Capoferri³

et al. 2017

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This study is the third of a series of seven, and belongs to the second Italian systematic replication of findings from two previous series (Widdowson 2012a(Widdowson , 2012b(Widdowson , 2012c(Widdowson , 2013Benelli, 2016aBenelli, , 2016bBenelli, , 2016c) that investigated the effectiveness of a manualised transactional analysis treatment for depression through Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design (HSCED). Major Depression and Subthreshold Depression are often in comorbidity with Anxiety disorders in childhood and adolescence and represent a risk factor for ongoing mental health problems in adulthood. The therapist was a white Italian woman with 15 years of clinical experience and the client, Deborah, was a 15-year old white Italian female adoloscent who attended sixteen sessions of transactional analysis psychotherapy. The conclusion of the judges was that this was a good-outcome case: the depressive and anxious symptomatology clinically and reliably improved over the course of the therapy and these improvements were maintained throughout the duration of the follow-up intervals. Furthermore, the client reported significant change in her post-treatment interview and these changes were directly attributed to the therapy. In this case study, the transactional analysis manualised treatment for depression in adulthood has demonstrated its effectiveness also in treating depressive and anxiety symptoms in adolescence.