CBT, ICT, and combined treatments for depressed married women: A two year follow-up.

Abstract

The current study is a two year follow-up of women who had received 12-sessions of individual cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), conjoint integrative couples therapy (ICT) and a combined (CBT/ICT) treatment for depression. At the end of this treatment all three modalities resulted in significant and meaningful improvement in depression (BDI and HAM-D) and marital distress (DAS) with no differences between the three treatments. The results of the follow-up included both quantitative and qualitative analyses. All women were improved two years post-treatment when compared to pre-treatment level of adjustment. While each woman re-experienced feelings of depression, social support and willingness to seek future treatment differentiated between those who were considered to have non-relapsed and those who relapsed.