Center for Psychotherapy Research and the Mood Disorder Section of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3309, USA.
J Clin Psychol. 2011 Jun;67(6):539-49. doi: 10.1002/jclp.20785. Epub 2011 Mar 1.
The relation between patients' beliefs about the causes of their depression, treatment preferences, and demographic variables was studied in a sample of 156 patients in a randomized controlled trial for depression (supportive-expressive psychotherapy vs. medication vs. placebo). No gender differences were found in beliefs or preferences. Racial differences were found for causes endorsed, but not preferences. Treatment experience predicted endorsement of characterological and biological causes. Psychotherapy experience predicted preference for medication. Finally, patients preferring psychotherapy endorsed childhood and complex causes more than those preferring medication, but the groups did not differ in other reasons endorsed. Implications of findings are discussed.
在一项针对 156 名抑郁症患者的随机对照试验（支持性表达心理治疗与药物治疗与安慰剂对照）中，研究了患者对抑郁原因、治疗偏好和人口统计学变量的信念之间的关系。在信念或偏好方面没有发现性别差异。在支持的原因方面发现了种族差异，但在偏好方面没有发现。治疗经验预测了性格和生物原因的认可。心理治疗经验预测了对药物治疗的偏好。最后，喜欢心理治疗的患者比喜欢药物治疗的患者更认可儿童期和复杂的原因，但这两个组在其他认可的原因方面没有差异。讨论了研究结果的意义。
