PSYCHOSOCIAL TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION IN WOMEN - 9 SINGLE-SUBJECT EVALUATIONS

Social workers are increasingly likely to deal with clients presenting symptoms of major depression. Because of risk of suicide, increased h ealth care costs, plus the lack of available resources and new methodo logies, short-term approaches should be studied. The National Institut e of Mental Health Collaborative Study on Depression determined that t wo of the most promising short-term approaches developed for the treat ment of depression have been Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Interper sonal Psychotherapy. This current study explores the effectiveness of integrating these two approaches in a new, short-term social work inte rvention model for treating major depression. A single-subject, noncon current, multiple-baseline, across-individuals design was used to test the effectiveness of this new integrated treatment modality through u se of the Beck Depression Inventory and the Social Adjustment Scale. T he findings revealed that this new integrated modality was effective i n decreasing the level of depression.