RESUMO
The authors evaluated a six-session interactive computer cognitive-behavioral treatment program given to volunteer patients who met Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC) for major or minor depressive disorder. Patients were randomly assigned to computer-administered cognitive-behavioral treatment, to therapist-administered cognitive-behavioral treatment, or to a waiting-list control condition. After treatment and at 2-month follow-up, both treatment groups had improved significantly more than control subjects in their scores on the Beck Depression Inventory, SCL-90-R depression and global scales, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, and Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire. The treatment groups did not differ from each other at either time.
Assuntos
Terapia Cognitivo-Comportamental/métodos , Transtorno Depressivo/terapia , Terapia Assistida por Computador , Adulto , Transtorno Depressivo/psicologia , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Masculino , Inventário de Personalidade , Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica , Ensaios Clínicos Controlados Aleatórios como Assunto , Listas de EsperaRESUMO
We performed a randomized controlled study to evaluate computer-based cognitive behavioral therapy in 36 patients who met Research Diagnostic Criteria for major or minor depression. Patients were randomly assigned to the computer, to a therapist, or to a control group placed on a waiting list. As determined by three measures of depression (the Beck inventory, the Hamilton rating scale, and the Symptom Checklist-90-R), both treated groups had improved significantly more than the control group at the end of the treatment period and 2 months later. The treated groups did not differ from each other at either time.