Brief psychotherapy for depression in primary care : a systematic review of the evidence / Jason A Nieuwsma [and six others].
| Author/creator | Nieuwsma, Jason A. author. |
| Other author | United States. Department of Veterans Affairs. Health Services Research and Development Service, issuing body. |
| Other author | Durham VA Medical Center. Evidence-based Synthesis Program Center. |
| Other author | Evidence-based Synthesis Program (U.S.) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Washington, DC : Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Health Services Research & Development Service, 2011. |
| Description | 1 online resource (iii, 62 pages) : illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo155344 |
| Subjects |
| Summary | The individual and societal burden of depressive disorders is widely acknowledged, but treating these disorders remains challenging. Clinical guidelines recommend that both pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy should be considered as first-line treatments. Yet, because primary care settings are often the frontline of treatment, pharmacological treatments take precedence. In part, this may be due to the perception that psychotherapy is lengthy and time intensive, with guidelines recommending 12 to 20 1-hour sessions for most evidence-based psychotherapies. However, recent evidence seems to suggest that psychotherapies that are briefer in both duration and intensity may be efficacious in acute-phase treatment. If true, these briefer psychotherapies may be more easily integrated in primary care settings. |
| General note | "Evidence-based synthesis program." |
| General note | "January 2011." |
| General note | GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Funding information | Prepared for: Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Health Services Research & Development Service, Washington, DC 20420. Prepared by: Evidence-based Synthesis Program (ESP) Center, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, John W. Williams Jr., MD, MHSc, Director. |
| Funding information | VA-ESP 09-010 |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (VA, viewed May 3, 2021). |
| Genre/form | Technical reports. |
| GPO item number | 0985-A-12 (online) |
| Govt. docs number | VA 1.107/3:D 44/3 |