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Pilot study of treatment for major depression among women prisoners with substance use disorder.

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, 700 Butler Drive, Providence, RI 02906, USA.
Journal of psychiatric research (impact factor: 3.72). 06/2012; 46(9):1174-83. DOI:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.05.007 pp.1174-83
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT This study, the largest randomized controlled trial of treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD) in an incarcerated population to date, wave-randomized 38 incarcerated women (6 waves) with MDD who were attending prison substance use treatment to adjunctive group interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for MDD or to an attention-matched control condition. Intent-to-treat analyses found that IPT participants had significantly lower depressive symptoms at the end of 8 weeks of in-prison treatment than did control participants. Control participants improved later, after prison release. IPT's rapid effect on MDD within prison may reduce serious in-prison consequences of MDD.

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Keywords

6 waves
 
8 weeks
 
adjunctive group interpersonal psychotherapy
 
attention-matched control condition
 
Control participants
 
in-prison treatment
 
incarcerated population
 
Intent-to-treat analyses
 
IPT
 
IPT participants
 
IPT's rapid effect
 
largest randomized
 
MDD
 
prison release
 
prison substance use treatment
 
wave-randomized 38 incarcerated women
 

Jennifer E Johnson