Schramm E, Berger M
Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Freiburg.
Nervenarzt. 1994 Jan;65(1):2-10.
An overview of the state of the art in Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) of depression is given. Since IPT is a standardized, efficient, and economical therapy form, it is anticipated that IPT will gain increasing importance in Germany in the field of psychiatry/psychotherapy. It can be learned by experienced psychotherapists, regardless of their psychotherapeutic orientation, in a standardized training program in a relatively short time. IPT is a short-term psychotherapy designed specifically for the treatment of depression which was developed by Klerman and Weissman at the end of the sixties. It is based on the observation that depressive disorders usually occur in a psychosocial and interpersonal context. The focus of this psychotherapeutic procedure is therefore on dealing with the patients' psychosocial and interpersonal conflicts. The present article describes the use of IPT as well as its theoretical and empirical background. In addition the educational program in IPT is described and a comparison with other psychotherapies is given. Finally the article summarizes efficacy studies and derivative forms of IPT.
本文对抑郁症人际心理治疗（IPT）的现状进行了概述。由于IPT是一种标准化、高效且经济的治疗形式，预计IPT在德国的精神病学/心理治疗领域将变得越来越重要。经验丰富的心理治疗师，无论其心理治疗取向如何，都可以在相对较短的时间内通过标准化培训项目学会IPT。IPT是一种专门为治疗抑郁症而设计的短期心理治疗方法，由克莱曼和魏斯曼在60年代末开发。它基于这样的观察结果：抑郁症通常发生在心理社会和人际背景中。因此，这种心理治疗方法的重点是处理患者的心理社会和人际冲突。本文描述了IPT的使用及其理论和实证背景。此外，还描述了IPT的培训项目，并与其他心理治疗方法进行了比较。最后，文章总结了IPT的疗效研究和衍生形式。
