A pilot study of marital therapy as a treatment for depression

Efficacy of Couple Therapy as a Treatment for Depression: A Meta-Analysis

“…However, on closer examination, six were excluded: three, reported in two papers by the same author, because it was impossible to find enough information to extract any data [17,18], one because the depression was part of a wider problem related to the presence of a disruptive child [19], one reported a follow-up of the subsample of recovered patients already included in a previous trial [20], and one because the diagnosis of depressive disorder was not settled according to a validated diagnostic system [21].…”

The Intertwined Relationship Between Depression and Marital Distress: Elements of Marital Therapy Conducive to Effective Treatment Outcome

“…Table 1 is presented to facilitate comparison among the models in terms of aspects of marital relationship each addresses. Except for Coyne's (1986Coyne's ( , 1988 strategic marital therapy and Cordova and colleagues' (1998) IBMT, the rest of the models have been tested empirically through clinical trial outcome studies (Beach & O'Leary, 1986Foley et al, 1989;Jacobson et al, 1991;Jacobson, et al, 1993;Teichman, Bar-El, Shor, Sirota, & Elizur, 1995;Waring, 1994;Waring, Chamberlaine, Carver, Stalker, & Schaffer, 1995). Results of the studies are also presented in Table 1 for comparison.…”

Chronic Pain and Family

“…The literature on the merit of family therapy for health problems include studies on stroke (Clark et al, 2003), cancer (Keller and Jost, 2003;Sellers, 2000), diabetes (Hagglund et al, 1996;Satin et al, 1989), anorexia nervosa (Ball, 1999), and depression (Chase and Holmes, 1990;Clarkin et al, 1990;Lebow and Gurman, 1995;Stevenson, 1993;Waring et al, 1995). A comprehensive literature search failed to produce any controlled outcome study for family therapy and chronic pain disorders.…”