Citation

Johnson JE, Zlotnick C. J. Psychiatr. Res. 2012; 46(9): 1174-1183.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, 700 Butler Drive, Providence, RI 02906, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.05.007

PMID

22694906

Abstract

This study, the largest randomized controlled trial of treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD) in an incarcerated population to date, wave-randomized 38 incarcerated women (6 waves) with MDD who were attending prison substance use treatment to adjunctive group interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for MDD or to an attention-matched control condition. Intent-to-treat analyses found that IPT participants had significantly lower depressive symptoms at the end of 8 weeks of in-prison treatment than did control participants. Control participants improved later, after prison release. IPT's rapid effect on MDD within prison may reduce serious in-prison consequences of MDD.

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