TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - A pilot study of interpersonal psychotherapy for alcohol-dependent women with co-occurring major depression
JO  - Substance abuse
A1  - Gamble, Stephanie A.
A1  - Talbot, Nancy L.
A1  - Cashman-Brown, Sarah M.
A1  - He, Hua
A1  - Poleshuck, Ellen L.
A1  - Connors, Gerard J.
A1  - Conner, Kenneth R.
SP  - 233
EP  - 241
VL  - 34
IS  - 3
N2  - Background: Co-occurring major depression is prevalent among alcohol-dependent women and is a risk factor for poor treatment outcomes. This uncontrolled pilot study tested the feasibility, acceptability, and initial effects of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for women with co-occurring alcohol dependence and major depression (AD-MD) in an outpatient community addiction treatment program. Methods: Fourteen female patients with concurrent diagnoses of alcohol dependence and major depression participated. Assessments were conducted at baseline, midtreatment (8 and 16 weeks), posttreatment (24 weeks), and follow-up (32 weeks). Results: Participants attended a mode of 8 out of 8 possible sessions of IPT in addition to their routine addiction care, and reported high treatment satisfaction on the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8. Women's drinking behavior, depressive symptoms, and interpersonal functioning improved significantly over the treatment period and were sustained at follow-up. Conclusions: These preliminary findings suggest that IPT is a feasible, highly acceptable adjunctive behavioral intervention for AD-MD women.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0889-7077
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08897077.2012.746950
ID  - ref1
ER  -