1. Treating depressive disorders with the Unified Protocol: A preliminary randomized evaluation.
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Sauer-Zavala, Shannon, Bentley, Kate H., Steele, Stephanie Jarvi, Tirpak, Julianne Wilner, Ametaj, Amantia A., Nauphal, Maya, Cardona, Nicole, Wang, Mengxing, Farchione, Todd J., and Barlow, David H.
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MENTAL depression , *ANXIETY disorders , *ANXIETY disorders treatment , *TREATMENT effectiveness , *RANDOMIZED controlled trials , *AFFECTIVE disorders , *STATISTICAL sampling - Abstract
Objectives: This study aims to examine the efficacy of the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (UP) for individuals diagnosed with a depressive disorder.Method: Participants included 44 adults who met criteria for major depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder, or another specified depressive disorder according to the Anxiety Disorder Interview Schedule (ADIS). These individuals represent a subset of patients from a larger clinical trial comparing the UP to single-disorder protocols (SDPs) for discrete anxiety disorders and a waitlist control (WLC) condition (Barlow et al., 2017); inclusion criteria for the parent study required participants to have a principal anxiety disorder.Results: Significant reductions in depressive symptoms were observed within the UP condition across clinician-rated and self-report measures of depression from baseline to post-treatment, as well as to the 12-month follow-up assessment. Compared to the WLC group, individuals in the UP condition demonstrated significantly lower levels on our continuous, clinician-rated measure of depressive symptoms at post-treatment. There were no differences between the UP and SDP conditions on depressive symptoms at post-treatment or at the 12-month follow-up timepoint.Conclusions: In this exploratory set of analyses, the UP evidenced efficacy for reduction of depressive symptoms, adding to the growing support for its utility in treating depression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2020
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