Psychotherapy for depression: Current and future directions in research, theory, practice and public policy

This article is based on a symposium held at the 1998 Annual Meeting of Soc iety for Psychotherapy Research (Snow Bird. Utah). Recognized experts addre ssed current and future directions in psychotherapy for depression from the perspectives of process and outcome research, basic research, theoretical models, clinical practice and training, and public policy. The specific iss ues discussed at the symposium included the strengths and limitations of ma jor forms of psychotherapy: the therapeutic factors common and unique to di fferent approaches: the future viability of current theories of depression: the role of treatment manuals in clinical practice and training; the devel opment of new interventions based on basic research: and the priorities tha t should guide federal funding. (C) 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.