title: Implementing interpersonal psychotherapy in a psychiatry residency training program.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for depression is a brief, well researched treatment for acute major depression. This article describes the implementation of IPT as an evidence-based treatment for depression in a psychiatry residency program.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors tracked the implementation process over 5 years as interpersonal psychotherapy was systematically incorporated into residency training.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The authors outline key ingredients for and challenges to effecting change.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Implementation of interpersonal psychotherapy in psychiatry residency training was a cornerstone for learning evidence-based treatment approaches as well as for conveying core psychotherapy concepts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA. JonathanL@LPPI.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lichtmacher
authors.forename: Stuart J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Eisendrath
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Haller
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D004493:Education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008611:Mentors; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods*; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors; D014743:Videotape Recording