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Article: `Talk' matches drugs as depression therapy
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 18, 1986
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Psychotherapy works as well as drugs in treating less severe
forms of depression, according to a study. Early results indicate
that "interpersonal therapy" and "cognitive behavior therapy" are as
effective as the drug imipramine. (An interpersonal therapist tries
to change a patient's relationships with other people. A cognitive
behavior therapist tries to change a patient's unrealistically
negative feelings about himself or the world.) The
government-sponsored study involved 250 patients at the University of
Pittsburgh, George Washington University and the University of
Oklahoma. Therapy worked as well as drugs in successfully treating
50 to 60 percent of the patients over a 16-week ...