The predictive value of early response in patients with depressive disorders

Psychotherapy Research : Journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research
Henrike Stephanie Schlagert, Wolfgang Hiller

Abstract

Several randomized controlled trials have identified early response to psychotherapy as a predictor for later treatment outcome among patients with depressive disorders. However, supporting evidence under routine conditions is rare. This study evaluated the predictive value of early improvement for final outcomes in psychotherapy among depressive patients in the naturalistic setting of a German university outpatient clinic. We used the method of percent symptom reduction to classify 639 patients with major depression or dysthymic disorder who underwent an average of 40.0 sessions (SD = 16.3) of naturalistic cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) as having either an early response or an early nonresponse. Early response was a good predictor for final response and remission regarding depressive symptoms (OR = 8.75 and OR = 5.32, respectively), as well as overall psychological distress (OR = 3.95 and OR = 3.16, respectively). Early nonresponse was distinctly associated with later deterioration of both depressive (OR = 9.56) and general psychological symptomatology (OR = 4.92). Early response to psychotherapy has high predictive qualities for positive later treatment outcome in depressive patients under routine CBT. Therefore, early tr...Continue Reading

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