Evaluating the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Teletherapy in Depressed Adults☆
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Participants
Thirty nonpsychotic, nonbipolar depressed outpatient adults (ages 18 to 65) seeking treatment for depression at a mental health clinic were enrolled. Eligible adult clients were required to meet the following eligibility criteria during a baseline interview with the study therapist: no psychotherapy visit to a specialty mental health provider in the past 30 days (to exclude patients already receiving active psychotherapeutic treatment), no antidepressant prescription in the 180 days prior to
Sample characteristics
Sixty-eight adults initiating treatment for depression were referred to the study over the course of 14 months. Prior to the eligibility assessment, 23 adults (34%) declined to participate in the telephone counseling program. The majority of the patients refusing telephone treatment (n = 21 or 91%) indicated a preference for receiving in-person care, whereas the others (n = 2 or 7%) indicated they would not be able to commit to in-person or telephone therapy.
The remaining group (n = 45) participated
Discussion
Approximately two thirds (66%) of adults initiating treatment for depression were initially interested in receiving counseling by telephone, similar to a previous controlled trial that utilized CBT-TT in conjunction with pharmacotherapy (Simon et al., 2004). This level of demand for telephone counseling may reflect some of the unique features of this treatment, such as convenience (e.g., telephone sessions available evenings and weekends versus clinic business hours), direct access (e.g.,
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This study benchmarks outcomes against a community based telephone counseling trial supported by the National Institute of Mental Health RO1 MH51338. Related reports have been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, General Hospital Psychiatry, and Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.