Symptom-specific improvement across therapies and their putative mediators: A mediation network intervention analysis.
Psychother Res
; : 1-12, 2024 Mar 03.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
We evaluated differential treatment effects on specific symptoms and their mediators for Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) and Supportive Psychotherapy (SP) in persistently depressed patients.METHOD:
We conducted a Bayesian mediation network intervention analysis with data from a randomized controlled trial comparing CBASP and SP. Three networks were calculated to investigate (1) differential treatment effects on specific symptoms, (2) differential treatment effects on the potential mediators interpersonal problems and social functioning, and (3) associations between change in symptoms and change in the potential mediators.RESULTS:
First, we found no evidence that CBASP more strongly improves most depressive symptoms specifically, except minimal evidence of symptom-specific effects on sleeping problems and self-esteem. Second, no and minimal evidence for differential treatment effects on interpersonal problems and social functioning was shown, respectively. Third, interpersonal problems and social functioning were strongly related to depressive symptoms.CONCLUSION:
While CBASP showed superior treatment effects for overall symptom severity, this treatment might not be superior in improving specific symptoms and the potential mediators interpersonal problems and social functioning. Still, interpersonal problems and social functioning seem to play an important role for depression symptoms. Future research needs to further investigate potential working mechanisms of CBASP.Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT00970437.
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