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Psychotherapy of Depressions

Rudolf Gregurek

Sažetak

The scientific literature contains a relatively
small number of quotes about the psychotherapeutic approach
to the treatment of depression. In this article we tried to
address the psychotherapy of depression systematically by
demonstrating individual, group and combined pharmaco-psychotherapeutic
approaches to the treatment of this psychic
disorder. Depression is defined from the point of view of psychodynamic
psychiatry; however, other approaches (cognitive
and behavioural) to understanding of depression have been
also described. The article also shows the recent neuroscientific-
psychoanalytic approaches to psychotherapy and its role
in a modern scientific approach to psychiatry.
Despite many methodological difficulties, psychotherapy represents
a significant aspect of depression treatment. A joint
pharmacotherapeutic and psychotherapeutic approach, whose
value was confirmed in a number of clinical trials, is especially
important. Finally, psychotherapy is as good as pharmacological
therapies because, as meta-analytic studies shows,
there are no significant therapeutic differences in final treatment
results.

Ključne riječi

depression; psychotherapy; treatment

Hrčak ID:

19811

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/19811

Datum izdavanja:

26.1.2004.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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