Treatment

BRIEF SUMMARY

• Basic premise: "Depression often follows changes in one’s interpersonal environment (e.g., struggle with a significant other, loss of a loved one). Once depressed, symptoms can lead to compromised interpersonal functioning, which can precipitate continued stressful events. The goal in therapy is to address both the stressful life events and improved social support."
  

• Essence of therapy: "IPT focuses on improving problematic interpersonal relationships or circumstances that are directly related to the current depressive episode."

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TREATMENT RESOURCES

TREATMENT MANUALS

Interpersonal psychotherapy of depression (Klerman et al., 1984)

New applications of interpersonal psychotherapy (Klerman & Weissman, 1993)

A group adaptation of interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents (Mufson et al., 2004)

Interpersonal therapy for depressed adolescents (Mufson et al., 1993)

Comprehensive guide to interpersonal psychotherapy (Weissman et al., 2000)

Clinician’s Guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy (Weissman et al., 2007)

The guide to interpersonal psychotherapy (Weissman et al., 2018)

Group Interpersonal Therapy for Depression (2016)

CRITICAL STUDIES

Peer support and interpersonal psychotherapy groups experienced decreased prenatal depression, anxiety and cortisol (Field et al., 2013)

Adding group psychotherapy to medication treatment in dysthymia: a randomized prospective pilot study (Hellerstein et al., 2001)

Group therapy for mood disorders: A meta-analysis (Janis et al., 2021)

Group versus individual interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents (O'Shea et al., 2015)