title: A pilot study of interpersonal psychotherapy for alcohol-dependent women with co-occurring major depression.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Co-occurring major depression is prevalent among alcohol-dependent women and is a risk factor for poor treatment outcomes. This uncontrolled pilot study tested the feasibility, acceptability, and initial effects of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for women with co-occurring alcohol dependence and major depression (AD-MD) in an outpatient community addiction treatment program.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fourteen female patients with concurrent diagnoses of alcohol dependence and major depression participated. Assessments were conducted at baseline, midtreatment (8 and 16 weeks), posttreatment (24 weeks), and follow-up (32 weeks).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants attended a mode of 8 out of 8 possible sessions of IPT in addition to their routine addiction care, and reported high treatment satisfaction on the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8. Women's drinking behavior, depressive symptoms, and interpersonal functioning improved significantly over the treatment period and were sustained at follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These preliminary findings suggest that IPT is a feasible, highly acceptable adjunctive behavioral intervention for AD-MD women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester, 300 Crittenden Boulevard, Rochester, NY 14620, USA. Stephanie Gamble@urmc.rochester.edu
authors.forename: Stephanie A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Gamble
authors.forename: Nancy L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Talbot
authors.forename: Sarah M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Cashman-Brown
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Ellen L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Poleshuck
authors.forename: Gerard J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Connors
authors.forename: Kenneth R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Conner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011613:Psychotherapy