Depression – a sign of the times?

Authors

  • Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30820/1664-9583-2020-2-11

Keywords:

chronic depression, psychoanalytic and cognitive-behavioral long-term therapies, outcome studies, symptomatic and structural changes

Abstract

The LAC-study is probably the first controlled psychotherapy study comparing the results of psychoanalytic and cognitive-behavioral long-term psychotherapy in chronically depressed patients with randomized and preferred assignment. Both psychotherapy methods proved to be successful. The effect sizes and complete remission rates were higher than in other studies. In future work, mediator and moderator variables will be investigated to describe which therapeutic factors led to which effects in which of the two methods. This article briefly outlines the findings of the LAC-study, which have meanwhile been published in detail, and the methodological approach.

Author Biography

Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber

Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, Dr. phil., ist Lehranalytikerin (DPV/IPA) und em. Professorin für Psychoanalyse an der Universität Kassel. Sie war 2001–2016 Direktorin des Sigmund-Freud-Instituts (SFI) in Frankfurt/M. und ist nun Senor Scientist an der Universität Mainz und dem IDeA Exzellenzzentrum in Frankfurt/M. Sie erhielt unter anderem den Mary Sigourney Award 2016 und den Haskell Norman Prize for Excellence in Psychoanalysis 2017.

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Published

2020-10-16

How to Cite

Leuzinger-Bohleber, M. (2020). Depression – a sign of the times?. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, 10(2), 11–18. https://doi.org/10.30820/1664-9583-2020-2-11

Issue

No. 2 (2020): Therapie depressiver Prozesse

Section

Special Issue

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