Psychoanalytic and cognitive-behavior therapy of chronic depression: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

  • Manfred E Beutel
  • Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber
  • Bernhard Rüger
  • Ulrich Bahrke
  • Alexa Negele
  • Antje Haselbacher
  • Georg Fiedler
  • Wolfram Keller
  • Martin Hautzinger

Abstract

Despite limited effectiveness of short-term psychotherapy for chronic depression, there is a lack of trials of long-term psychotherapy. Our study is the first to determine the effectiveness of controlled long-term psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral (CBT) treatments and to assess the effects of preferential vs. randomized assessment.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
ISSN1745-6215
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 22834725