Official Title: Treatment of Women With Depression and Sexual Abuse
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2013-08
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to compare Schema-Focused Therapy plus antidepressant medication and antidepressant medication alone for the treatment of major depression in women with a history of childhood sexual abuse
Detailed Description: Schema-Focused SF Therapy is an extension of cognitive therapy that was developed to address the treatment needs of patients with long-standing mental disorders SF therapy focuses on early maladaptive schemas EMS broad pervasive themes regarding oneself and ones relationship with others developed during childhood and elaborated throughout ones lifetime which are dysfunctional to a significant degree SF Therapy involves the identification of the particular EMS that is most relevant for each patient and attempts to modify the relevant schemas by altering the distorted views of self and others
Participants are assessed pretreatment after 12 weeks posttreatment and 3 and 6 months posttreatment The severity of depressive symptomatology is measured and a self-report Beck Depression Inventory is administered At the end of the study and at the follow-up intervals participants are given the Longitudinal Interval Follow-up Evaluation an instrument that assesses the severity of depression and dysthymia symptoms