title: Response styles among patients with minor depression and dysthymia in primary care.
abstract: Ruminative responses to depression have predicted duration and severity of depressive symptoms. The authors examined how response styles change over the course of treatment for depression and as a function of type of treatment. They also examined the ability of response styles to predict treatment outcome and status at follow-up. Primary care patients (n = 96) with dysthymia or minor depression were randomly assigned to problem-solving therapy, paroxetine, or placebo. Patients' depressive symptoms and rumination, but not distraction, decreased over time. Pretreatment rumination and distraction were associated with more depressive symptoms at the conclusion of treatment; the latter finding was not consistent with the response style theory of depression. Results are discussed in terms of their implications for this theory.
authors: College of Health Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 79902, USA. schmaling@utep.edu
authors: Karen B
authors: KB
authors: Schmaling
authors: Sona
authors: S
authors: Dimidjian
authors: Wayne
authors: W
authors: Katon
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D019263:Dysthymic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017374:Paroxetine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011340:Problem Solving; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D017374:Paroxetine