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Treatment-Specific Changes in Decentering Following Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy versus Antidepressant Medication or Placebo for Prevention of Depressive Relapse
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Bieling, Peter J.; Hawley, Lance L.; Bloch, Richard T.; Corcoran, Kathleen M.; Levitan, Robert D.; Young, L. Trevor; MacQueen, Glenda M.; Segal, Zindel V. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: To examine whether metacognitive psychological skills, acquired in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), are also present in patients receiving medication treatments for prevention of depressive relapse and whether these skills mediate MBCT's effectiveness. Method: This study, embedded within a randomized efficacy trial of MBCT,…
Descriptors: Prevention, Program Effectiveness, Rating Scales, Personality Traits
Measuring Depression at the End of Life: Is the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale a Valid Instrument?
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Olden, Megan; Rosenfeld, Barry; Pessin, Hayley; Breitbart, William – Assessment, 2009
Depression at the end of life is a common mental health issue with serious implications for quality of life and decision making. This study investigated the reliability and validity of one of the most frequently used measures of depression, the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) in 422 patients with terminal cancer admitted to a palliative…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Validity, Suicide, Rating Scales
Behavioral Activation Therapy for Depressed Cancer Patients: Factors Associated with Treatment Outcome and Attrition
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Hopko, D. R.; Robertson, S. M. C.; Colman, L. – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2008
In recent years there has been increased focus on evaluating the efficacy of psychosocial interventions for cancer patients. Among the several limitations inherent to these programs of research, few studies have targeted patients with well-diagnosed clinical depression and little is known about factors that best predict treatment outcome and…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Cancer, Patients, Depression (Psychology)
Assessing Depression in Primary Care Practice with the Beck Depression Inventory and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression.
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Brown, Charlotte; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1995
The concordance and factor structures of the Beck Depression Inventory and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression were evaluated with 259 outpatients being treated for depression. The two scales were significantly correlated and assessed similar rates of improvement at multiple assessment points, but emphasized different dimensions of…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Correlation, Depression (Psychology), Diagnostic Tests