TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychological Treatment of Depression in Primary Care
T2 - Recent Developments
AU - Cuijpers, Pim
AU - Quero, Soledad
AU - Dowrick, Christopher
AU - Arroll, Bruce
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - Purpose of Review: We give an overview of recent developments on psychological treatments of depression in primary care. Recent Findings: In recent years, it has become clear that psychotherapies can effectively be delivered through e-health applications. Furthermore, several studies in low and middle income countries have shown that lay health counselors can effectively deliver psychological therapies. Behavioral activation, a relatively simple form of therapy, has been found to be as effective as cognitive behavior therapy. Treatment of subthreshold depression has been found to not only reduce depressive symptoms but also prevent the onset of major depression. In addition, therapies are effective in older adults, patients with general medical disorders and in perinatal depression. Summary: Psychological therapies are effective in the treatment of depression in primary care, have longer lasting effects than drugs, are preferred by the majority of patients, and can be applied flexibly with different formats and across different target groups.
AB - Purpose of Review: We give an overview of recent developments on psychological treatments of depression in primary care. Recent Findings: In recent years, it has become clear that psychotherapies can effectively be delivered through e-health applications. Furthermore, several studies in low and middle income countries have shown that lay health counselors can effectively deliver psychological therapies. Behavioral activation, a relatively simple form of therapy, has been found to be as effective as cognitive behavior therapy. Treatment of subthreshold depression has been found to not only reduce depressive symptoms but also prevent the onset of major depression. In addition, therapies are effective in older adults, patients with general medical disorders and in perinatal depression. Summary: Psychological therapies are effective in the treatment of depression in primary care, have longer lasting effects than drugs, are preferred by the majority of patients, and can be applied flexibly with different formats and across different target groups.
KW - Cognitive behavior therapy
KW - Depression
KW - Interpersonal psychotherapy
KW - Major depressive disorder
KW - Primary care
KW - Psychotherapy
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U2 - 10.1007/s11920-019-1117-x
DO - 10.1007/s11920-019-1117-x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31760505
AN - SCOPUS:85075506339
SN - 1523-3812
VL - 21
SP - 1
EP - 10
JO - Current Psychiatry Reports
JF - Current Psychiatry Reports
IS - 12
M1 - 129
ER -