title: Treatment of major depression associated with smoking cessation.
abstract: A number of clinicians have reported cases of major depression associated with smoking cessation. We report here a case of major depression in a 27-year-old woman who abruptly reduced cigarette consumption from 35 to 8 cigarettes per day during the baseline period. A multi-component behavioural programme was applied to stop smoking, together with pharmacotherapy and Beck's cognitive therapy for depression. Twelve months after ending treatment, the patient was still abstaining from smoking, and she showed no signs of depressive symptomatology.
authors.affiliation: Program for Smoking Cessation, University of Santiago de Compostela, Faculty of Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Galicia, Spain.
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Vázquez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Becoña
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*