@article{ref1,
title="Short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy in patients with "male depression" syndrome, hopelessness, and suicide risk: a pilot study",
journal="Depression research and treatment",
year="2013",
author="Angeletti, Gloria and Pompili, Maurizio and Innamorati, Marco and Santucci, Chiara and Savoja, Valeria and Goldblatt, Mark and Girardi, Paolo",
volume="2013",
number="online",
pages="408983-408983",
abstract="Objectives and Methods. This was an observational study of the efficacy of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (STPP) in a sample of 35 (30 women and 5 men) patients with moderate-to-severe &quot;male depression&quot; (Gotland Scale for Male Depression (GSMD) ≥ 13) comorbid with unipolar mood disorder (dysthymia and major depression) or anxiety disorder. Outcome measures were GSMD and BHS (Beck Hopelessness Scale) score changes from baseline. Results. Patients had a strong response to STPP on the GSMD (estimated mean score change (± SE) = -9.08 ± 2.74; P < 0.01; partial eta squared = 0.50), but not on the BHS (estimated mean score change (± SE) = -0.92 ± 1.55; P = 0.57; partial eta squared   = 0.03). BHS score changes were significantly associated with GSMD score changes (Pearson's r = 0.56; P < 0.001), even when controlling for the severity of hopelessness at the baseline (partial r = 0.62; P < 0.001). Conclusions. STPP proved to be effective in patients suffering from &quot;male depression&quot; although hopelessness was only marginally reduced by this treatment which points to the need to better understand how STPP can be involved in the reduction of suicide risk.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2090-1321",
doi="10.1155/2013/408983",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/408983"
}