Evaluation of the Positive Psychotherapy to Reduce Symptoms and to Promote Happiness With Depressive Patients Compared to Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Depression
- Sponsor
- University of Salzburg
- Enrollment
- 60
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Depressive symptoms (measured by an assessment by others)
- Last Updated
- 10 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This study evaluates the effects of the Positive Psychotherapy on depressive symptoms and on happiness compared with regular cognitive behavioral therapy.
Detailed Description
Positive Psychotherapy (PPT) focuses on increasing well-being and positive emotions rather than ameliorating deficits in contrast to standard psychotherapy. A lack of positive emotions, engagement and felt meaning are typically viewed as consequences or mere correlates of depression, while the PPT suggests that these may be causal for depression. Therefore building positive emotion, engagement and meaning will alleviate depression. Thus PPT may offer a new way to treat and prevent depression. The aim of this study is to compare the effects of the Positive Psychotherapy on depressive symptoms, life satisfaction and happiness in comparison to standard cognitive behavior psychotherapy (regular cognitive behavioral therapy). 60 mildly to moderately depressed patients are randomly assigned to the Positive Psychotherapy group or the regular cognitive behavioral therapy group. Both treatments (primary intervention group and control group) are conducted in an outpatient group therapy setting with 14 sessions and a duration of 2-hours-per-week in small groups of 6 or 7 patients.
Investigators
Mag. Linda Maria Furchtlehner
Principal Investigator
University of Salzburg
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Clinical diagnosis of Depression (Major depressive disorder, recurrent: mild to moderate; Major depressive disorder, single episode: mild to moderate; Dysthymic disorder)
- •Patients should be between age 18 and 60
Exclusion Criteria
- •Any current treatment for depression
- •Substance related or alcohol related disorder (within the last 12 months)
- •Panic disorder
- •Manic or hypomanic disorder
- •Psychotic disorder \* refusal to participate in a 14 weeks psychotherapy treatment
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Depressive symptoms (measured by an assessment by others)
Time Frame: fourteen weeks
The depressive symptoms will also be measured by an assessment by others: the Montgomery Asberg Depression Scale (MADS) which consists of 10 items
Happiness (measured by a self-report-questionnaire)
Time Frame: fourteen weeks
Happiness will be assessed by a self-report-scale: the Flourishing-Scale (FS) which consists of 8 items
Happiness (measured by a self-report questionnaire)
Time Frame: fourteen weeks
Happiness will be assessed by an additional self-report-questionnaire which consists of 25 items: the Positive Psychotherapy Inventory (PPTI)
Depressive symptoms (measured by a self-report questionnaire)
Time Frame: fourteen weeks
The depressive symptoms will be assessed by a self - report questionnaire: the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) which consists of 21 items
Life satisfaction (measured by a self-report questionnaire)
Time Frame: fourteen weeks
Life-Satisfaction will be measured by a self-report-questionnaire consisting of 5 items: the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)
Secondary Outcomes
- Life events(six months)
- Clinical Symptoms(fourteen weeks)