@article{ref1,
title="Solution-focused therapy with depressed deaf persons",
journal="Journal of family psychotherapy",
year="2007",
author="Estrada, B. and Beyebach, M.",
volume="18",
number="3",
pages="45-63",
abstract="In this study, we present encouraging preliminary results on the application of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) to a special population. In amultiple case design, solution-focused therapy was used to treat three profoundly prelocutive deaf persons suffering from depression. The level of depression was assessed using a carefully validated adaptation of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II); the treatment was manualized, and treatment integrity was assessed throughout all the therapy sessions. In all three cases, the BDI scores improved significantly; clients moved out of the clinical range. Therapy was brief, ranging from four to eight sessions over a maximum of 4.5 months. Limitations of the study and future implications are also discussed. Copyright © by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0897-5353",
doi="10.1300/J085v18n03_04",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J085v18n03_04"
}