Modifications trough therapeutic processes of maladaptive causal attributions and cognitions of depressive patients: CBT vs. Pharmacotherapy
Modifications trough therapeutic processes of maladaptive causal attributions and cognitions of depressive patients: CBT vs. Pharmacotherapy

Summary/Abstract: Most research designs utilized in clinical studies of cognitive therapy of depression haven’t sufficiently included the influence of treatment. Thus, in the present study we aimed at identifying the causal attributional predictors and their mediating role in the reduction of depression. We constructed three study groups in order to take into account the role of therapy. In our sample we employed a number of 13 inpatients diagnosed with depression from Arad and Nucet hospitals (the Pharmacotherapy group), the Cognitive-behavioral group was constructed of 12 participants from rural and urban backgrounds with no prior admissions to hospitals for dispositional or other psychological disturbances and a control group consisted of 13 randomly sampled participants from the population. The patients within the neuropsychology clinics have undergone specific treatment. The cognitive-behavioral group underwent the following therapeutic strategies and intervention techniques: 1. problem conceptualization; 2. choosing a therapeutic strategy; 3. choosing an intervention technique; 4. evaluation of the efficacy of these intervention techniques. The results obtained in our study show that a set of socio-cognitive constructs play a mediator role in the cognitive behavior therapy. Even in such a case it seems that they are not a sufficient cause due to the fact that the relationship between the modifications at the socio-cognitive level and the later improvement depressive in symptoms has not been justified in pharmacotherapy.

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