Longterm effects of the Cognitive Behavioural Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) compared to Supportive Psychotherapy: 1- and 2-years follow up

• Applicant: Professorin Elisabeth Schramm, Ph.D.
• Subject Area: Personality Psychology, Clinical and Medical Psychology, Methodology
• Term: from 2009 to 2015
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 73768554

Final Report Abstract

In summary, we found disorder-specific psychotherapy to unfold stronger long-term effects than non-specific psychotherapy in terms of the number of well weeks, depressive symptoms, and quality of life in early-onset chronically depressed patients. Nevertheless, still more than half of the patients did not achieve remission two years after acute psychological therapy suggesting a maintenance treatment regimen over a longer period of time as usually applied in other chronic disorders.

Publications

• (2017). Childhood adversity impacts on brain subcortical structures relevant to depression. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 86, 58-65
  Frodl, T., Janowitz, D., Schmaal, L., Tozzi, L., Dobrowolny, H., Stein, D. J., ... & Block, A.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.11.010)
• (2017). Chronische und therapieresistente Depressionen In U. Voderholzer & F. Hohagen (Hrsg.), Therapie psychischer Erkrankungen. State of the art, 13. Aufl. München: Elsevier/Urban & Fischer
  Schramm, E. & Adli, M.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-3-437-24909-9.00012-8)
• (2017). Effect of disorder-specific vs nonspecific psychotherapy for chronic depression: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry, 74(3), 233-242
  Schramm E, Kriston L, Zobel I… & Härter M
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.3880)
• (2018) Psychotherapie bei chronischer Depression – Führen störungsspezifische Ansätze zu besseren Behandlungserfolgen? Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 66(1), 41–47
  Schramm, E. & Bausch, P.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1024/1661-4747/a000338)
• (2018). Association of comorbid personality disorders with clinical characteristics and outcome in a randomized controlled trial comparing two psychotherapies for early-onset persistent depressive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. 229, 262-268
  Erkens, N., Schramm, E., Kriston, L., Hautzinger, M., Härter, M., Schweiger, U., & Klein, J. P.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.12.091)
• (2018). Cognitive-Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy, Drug, or Their Combination for Persistent Depressive Disorder: Personalizing the Treatment Choice Using Individual Participant Data Network Metaregression. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 87(3), 140-153
  Furukawa, T. A., Efthimiou, O., Weitz, E. S., Cipriani, A., Keller, M. B., Kocsis, J. H., ... & Schramm, E.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1159/000489227)
• (2018). Does childhood maltreatment moderate the effect of the cognitive behavioral analysis system of psychotherapy versus supportive psychotherapy in persistent depressive disorder? Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 87(1), 46-48
  Klein, J. P., Erkens, N., Schweiger, U., Kriston, L., Bausch, P., Zobel, I., ... & Backenstrass, M.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1159/000484412)
• (2018). Psychotherapie depressiver Störungen: Evidenz bei chronischer Depression und bei Komorbidität. Der Nervenarzt, 89(3), 252-262
  Härter, M., Jansen, A., Berger, M., Baumeister, H., Bschor, T., Harfst, T., ... & Schorr, S. G.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00115-018-0485-5)
• (2018). The German version of the helping alliance questionnaire: psychometric properties in patients with persistent depressive disorder. BMC Psychiatry, 18(1), 107
  Eich, H. S., Kriston, L., Schramm, E., & Bailer, J.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-018-1697-8)