@article{ref1,
title="A positive outcome of cognitive group psychotherapy in a female patient with severe depression: Case report",
journal="Postepy psychiatrii neurologii",
year="2007",
author="Kotrys, K.",
volume="16",
number="Suppl 1",
pages="77-80",
abstract="OBJECTIVE. A case is presented of successful comprehensive therapy of a female patient with severe recurring depressive disorder. Case. A 40-year-old woman with recurring depressive episodes received psychiatric treatment over the past few years. She had a difficult family situation and a problem of &quot;co-dependence&quot; from her alcohol dependent husband. His death was followed by the patient's decompensation leading to a series of suicide attempts and her ineffective hospitalization for over a year. A comprehensive psychotherapy was introduced-group psychotherapy of cognitive orientation (based on the model by A. Beck) within a cognitive-behavioral system of the psychiatric ward functioning. Simultaneously the patient was treated with venlafaxin. A very good treatment outcome was achieved, and amelioration of the patient's psychological state was confirmed at a one-year follow-up. Commentary. Comprehensive treatment, or a combination of antidepressive psychopharmacotherapy with cognitive-behavioral group psychotherapy yielded a good and stable therapy outcome in this chronic and treatment resistant case.<p /><p>Language: pl</p>",
language="pl",
issn="1230-2813",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}