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Behavioral Activation and Emotion-focused Interventions in the Treatment of Depression, A Single-case Study
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Behavioral activation and emotion-focused interventions for Depression. Completed, enrolled 7 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The study is a single-case intervention study, evaluating effects of the treatment Behavioral activation and emotion-focused interventions for depression. Research question and hypothesis 1. What is the effect of behavioural activation and emotion-focused interventions on patients' ratings of depressive symptoms, behavioural activation and emotion regulation difficulties? 2. What is the effect of behavioural activation and emotion-focused interventions on patients' overall psychiatric state, with regards to ratings of anxiety, quality of life, level of functioning? 3. How does patient ratings of behavioural activation and emotion regulation difficulties and skills change during the course of treatment, in relation to treatment/session content?
Study Details
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Interventions
Behavioral activation with emotion-focused interventions comprises two consecutive phases. In the first phase, treatment focus is behavioral activation in line with Brief behavioral activation treatment for depression - revised (BATD-R; 11) During the second phase, treatment focus shifts to address participants' emotions. Difficulties in understanding, tolerating, and labeling emotions is addressed by observing and describing emotions (12). Under the guidance of the therapist, participants are instructed to explore emotions normally avoided or ruminated on. This is conceptualized as a form of exposure to aversive emotions, thoughts and memories, to initiate emotional processing (13).