Asgharipoor Negar, Asgharnejad Farid Aliasghar, Arshadi Hamidreza, Sahebi Ali
Department of Clinical Psychology, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Department of Clinical Psychology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci. 2012 Fall;6(2):33-41.
Aim of this experimental study is evaluating the effectiveness of two different approaches towards the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD): Positive-oriented psychotherapy and group cognitive-behavior therapy.
Eighteen out-patients suffering from major depression were randomly divided into two groups to be treated according to either of these two approaches. Both groups undertook the treatments for 12 weeks. All the subjects were tested by Beck Depression Inventory, Subjective Wellbeing Scale, Oxford test of Happiness, and the scale of Subjective Units of Distress before and after the treatments.
The results show significant differences between the two groups in terms of the variables of happiness and mental distress, suggesting that effectiveness of positive psychotherapy is more than cognitive-behavioral therapy in increasing happiness. These two approaches were significantly different in neither decreasing the acuteness of depression symptoms nor increasing subjective wellbeing.
As a whole, the results of this comparative study indicate that positive psychotherapy is more effective in increasing happiness among MDD patients.
本实验研究的目的是评估两种不同方法治疗重度抑郁症(MDD)的有效性:积极导向心理治疗和团体认知行为治疗。
18名重度抑郁症门诊患者被随机分为两组,分别采用这两种方法之一进行治疗。两组均接受为期12周的治疗。所有受试者在治疗前后均接受贝克抑郁量表、主观幸福感量表、牛津幸福感测试和痛苦主观单位量表的测试。
结果显示,两组在幸福感和精神痛苦变量方面存在显著差异,表明积极心理治疗在提高幸福感方面比认知行为治疗更有效。这两种方法在减轻抑郁症状的严重程度或提高主观幸福感方面均无显著差异。
总体而言,这项比较研究的结果表明,积极心理治疗在提高MDD患者的幸福感方面更有效。