Differential Responses to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Pharmacotherapy Versus Combined Therapy in Young Adolescents with Depression

Fereshte Shakibai (), Maryam Esmaeili () and Nooshin Basiri ()

Journal of Diseases, 2018, vol. 5, issue 2, 33-42

Abstract: Background: Treatment of patients with major depression involves some problems and, an effective therapy, is still a debatable issue. The goal of this review was to provide a comprehensive survey on comparing three methods of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, pharmacotherapy and combined therapy on treatment of depressed adolescents. Material and methods: this study was a randomized clinical trial with follow- up which was conducted in Isfahan city (2015). The statistical population included 330 middle school students (aged 13- 16 years) who had the criteria of depression disorder. Then 120 girls and boys were selected via cluster sampling. After that, they divided into 4 groups (3 experimental groups and 1 control group). 4 month after finishing the intervention, all groups were followed by the project. The research tool was the children's depression Inventory (CDI). Results: the results showed that all of the 3 experimental groups were significantly effective in the treatment of depression (p<00.1). In the post-test stage, the combination of pharmacotherapy and CBT, pharmacotherapy, CBT respectively were effective (p<00.0). But the findings illustrate that in the follow- up stage cognitive behavioral therapy had a long-term effect in compare to pharmacotherapy. Conclusion: at last the research results show significant efficacy of all three methods, with different priorities effect, at various stages, on improving the criteria for depression in adolescents.

Keywords: Cognitive behavioral therapy; Pharmacotherapy; Depression; Students; Cognition; Behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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