Evidence-based psychotherapies for depression.
OBJECTIVE
This article briefly reviews the advantages and limitations of empirically validated psychotherapies for depression, which constitute important alternatives to somatic antidepressant treatments.


METHODS
Medical literature review.


RESULTS
The author describes the theories and techniques underlying cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), behavioral therapy, and other therapies, as well as their use in individual, group, and alternative formats.


CONCLUSIONS
The author argues that psychotherapies have been underused as antidepressant treatments relative to pharmacotherapies.
Markowitz
John C
JC
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA. jcm42@columbia.edu
D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D011613:Psychotherapy