Impact of concurrent naturalistic pharmacotherapy on psychotherapy of complicated grief
In: Psychiatry Research, Jg. 159 (2008-05-01), S. 31-36
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Complicated grief (CG) is a debilitating syndrome that can be reliably identified, but there is a paucity of research examining treatment of CG. A targeted psychotherapy for complicated grief (CGT) was recently shown to be efficacious [Shear, K., Frank, E., Houck, P.R., Reynolds, C.F., 3rd, 2005. Treatment of complicated grief: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Association 293, 2601-2608]. We provide a detailed examination of the association of naturalistic pharmacotherapy use with treatment response and study completion in the psychotherapy study. Patients on an antidepressant medication were more likely to complete a full course of CGT (91% vs. 58% completed), while antidepressant use had no effect on completion rates for the comparator, interpersonal psychotherapy (70% vs. 77%). Our naturalistic data underscore the need for prospective, randomized controlled studies of CG pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy alone and in combination.
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Impact of concurrent naturalistic pharmacotherapy on psychotherapy of complicated grief
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Simon, Naomi M. ; Frank, Ellen ; Zalta, Alyson K. ; M. Katherine Shear ; Fagiolini, Andrea ; Silowash, Russell ; Thompson, Elizabeth H. ; Reynolds, Charles F. |
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Zeitschrift: | Psychiatry Research, Jg. 159 (2008-05-01), S. 31-36 |
Veröffentlichung: | Elsevier BV, 2008 |
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ISSN: | 0165-1781 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.05.011 |
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