Benchmarks for Psychotherapy Efficacy in Adult Major Depression

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 232-243

  Minami, Takuya ^a   Wampold, Bruce E ^b   Serlin, Ronald C ^b   Kircher, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Jeb)   (United States)

Author keywords

benchmarking; depression; effectiveness; outcome; psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL;

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249666667     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.75.2.232     Document Type: Article

References (108)

1. Ahn H., and Wampold B.E. Where oh where are the specific ingredients? A meta-analysis of component studies in counseling and psychotherapy. Journal of Counseling Psychology 48 (2001) 251-257
2. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. 4th ed. (1994), Author, Washington, DC
3. Areán P.A., and Cook B.L. Psychotherapy and combined psychotherapy/pharmacotherapy for late life depression. Biological Psychiatry 52 (2002) 293-303
4. Areán P.A., Perri M.G., Nezu A.M., Schein R.L., Christopher F., and Joseph T.X. Comparative effectiveness of social problem-solving therapy and reminiscence therapy as treatments for depression in older adults. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 61 (1993) 1003-1010
5. Barlow D.H. On the relation of clinical research to clinical practice: Current issues. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 49 (1981) 147-155
6. Beck A.T. Depression inventory (1978), Center for Cognitive Therapy, Philadelphia
7. Beck A.T., Hollon S.D., Young J.E., Bedrosian R.C., and Budenz D. Treatment of depression with cognitive therapy and amitriptyline. Archives of General Psychiatry 42 (1985) 142-148
8. Beck A.T., Rush A.J., Shaw B.F., and Emery G. Cognitive therapy of depression (1979), Guilford Press, New York
9. Beck A.T., and Steer R.A. Beck Depression Inventory manual (1987), Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Antonio, TX
10. Beck A.T., Ward C.H., Mendelson M., Mock J., and Erbaugh J. An inventory for measuring depression. Archives of General Psychiatry 4 (1961) 561-571
11. Becker B.J. Synthesizing standardized mean-change measures. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology 41 (1988) 257-278
12. Beutler L.E., Engle D., Mohr D., Daldrup R.J., Bergan J., Meredith K., and Merry W. Predictors of differential response to cognitive, experiential, and self-directed psychotherapeutic procedures. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 59 (1991) 333-340
13. Blackburn I.-M., and Moore R.G. Controlled acute and follow-up trial of cognitive therapy and pharmacotherapy in out-patients with recurrent depression. British Journal of Psychiatry 171 (1997) 328-334
14. Bower P., Rowland N., and Hardy R. The clinical effectiveness of counselling in primary care: A systematic review and a meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine 33 (2003) 203-215
15. Brown R.A., and Lewinsohn P.M. A psychoeducational approach to the treatment of depression: Comparison of group, individual, and minimal contact procedures. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 52 (1984) 774-783
16. Cohen J. Some statistical issues in psychological research. In: Wolman B. (Ed). Handbook of clinical psychology (1965), McGraw-Hill, New York 95-121
17. Cohen J. Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences. 2nd ed. (1988), Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ
18. Cohen J. A power primer. Psychological Bulletin 112 (1992) 155-159
19. Crits-Christoph P. The efficacy of brief dynamic psychotherapy: A meta-analysis. American Journal of Psychiatry 149 (1992) 151-158
20. Derogatis L.R. SCL-90-R: Administration, scoring, and procedural manual-II (1983), Clinical Psychometric Research, Baltimore
21. Derogatis L.R., Rickels K., and Rock A.F. The SCL-90 and the MMPI: A step in the validation of a new self-report scale. British Journal of Psychiatry 128 (1976) 280-289
22. DeRubeis R.J., Gelfand L.A., Tang T.Z., and Simons A.D. Medications versus cognitive behavior therapy for severely depressed outpatients: Mega-analysis of four randomized comparisons. American Journal of Psychiatry 156 (1999) 1007-1013
23. Dobson K.S. A meta-analysis of the efficacy of cognitive therapy for depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 57 (1989) 414-419
24. Elkin I., Shea M.T., Watkins J.T., Imber S.D., Sotsky S.M., Collins J.F., et al. National Institute of Mental Health Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program: I. General effectiveness of treatments. Archives of General Psychiatry 46 (1989) 971-982
25. Gaffan E.A., Tsaousis I., and Kemp-Wheeler S.M. Researcher allegiance and meta-analysis: The case of cognitive therapy for depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 63 (1995) 966-980
26. Garfield S.L. Research on client variables in psychotherapy. In: Garfield S.L., and Bergin A.E. (Eds). Handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change. 3rd ed. (1986), Wiley, New York 213-256
27. Gleser L.J., and Olkin I. Stochastically dependent effect sizes. In: Cooper H., and Hedges L.V. (Eds). The handbook of research synthesis (1994), Russel Sage Foundation, New York 339-355
28. Gloaguen V., Cottraux J., Cucherat M., and Blackburn I. A meta-analysis of the effects of cognitive therapy in depressed patients. Journal of Affective Disorders 49 (1998) 59-72
29. Goldfried M., and Wolfe B. Toward a clinically valid approach to therapy research. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 66 (1998) 143-150
30. Greenberg L.S., and Watson J. Experiential therapy of depression: Differential effects of client-centered relationship conditions and process experiential interventions. Psychotherapy Research 8 (1998) 210-224
31. Hamilton M. The assessment of anxiety states by rating. British Journal of Medical Psychology 32 (1959) 50-55
32. Hamilton M.A. A rating scale for depression. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 23 (1960) 56-62
33. Hamilton M.A. Development of a rating scale for primary depressive illness. British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 6 (1967) 278-296
34. Hedges L.V., and Olkin I. Statistical methods for meta-analysis (1985), Academic Press, San Diego, CA
35. Hedges L.V., and Pigott T.D. The power of statistical tests for moderators in meta-analysis. Psychological Methods 9 (2004) 426-445
36. Hollon S.D., DeRubeis R.J., Evans M.D., Wiemer M.J., Garvey M.J., Grove W.M., and Tuason V.B. Cognitive therapy and pharmacotherapy for depression: Singly and in combination. Archives of General Psychiatry 49 (1992) 774-781
37. Hollon S.D., and Kendall P.C. Cognitive self-statements in depression: Development of an Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire. Cognitive Therapy and Research 4 (1980) 383-395
38. Howard K.I., Kopta S.M., Krause M.S., and Orlinsky D.E. The dose-effect relationship in psychotherapy. American Psychologist 41 (1986) 159-164
39. Jacobson N.S., Dobson K., Fruzzetti A.E., Schmaling K.B., and Salusky S. Marital therapy as a treatment for depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 59 (1991) 547-557
40. Jacobson N.S., Dobson K.S., Truax P.A., Addis M.E., Koerner K., Gollan J.K., et al. A component analysis of cognitive-behavioral treatment for depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 64 (1996) 295-304
41. Jarrett R.B., Schaffer M., McIntire D., Witt-Browder A., Kraft D., and Risser R.C. Treatment of atypical depression with cognitive therapy or phenelzine: A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Archives of General Psychiatry 56 (1999) 431-437
42. Johnson W.B., DeVries R., Ridley C.R., Pettorini D., and Peterson D.R. The comparative efficacy of Christian and secular rational-emotive therapy with Christian clients. Journal of Psychology and Theology 22 (1994) 130-140
43. Keller M.B., McCullough J.P., Klein D.N., Arnow B., Dunner D.L., Gelenberg A.J., et al. A comparison of nefazodone, the cognitive behavioral-analysis system of psychotherapy, and their combination for the treatment of chronic depression. New England Journal of Medicine 342 (2000) 1462-1470
44. Kim D.-M., Wampold B.E., and Bolt D.M. Therapist effects in psychotherapy: A random-effects modeling of the National Institute of Mental Health Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program data. Psychotherapy Research 16 (2006) 161-172
45. King M., Sibbald B., Ward E., Bower P., Lloyd M., Gabbay M., and Byford S. Randomised controlled trial of non-directive counselling, cognitive-behaviour therapy and usual general practitioner care in the management of depression as well as mixed anxiety and depression in primary care. Health Technology Assessment 4 (2000) 1-83
46. Kohlenberg R.J., Kanter J.W., Bolling M.Y., Parker C.R., and Tsai M. Enhancing cognitive therapy for depression with functional analytic psychotherapy: Treatment guidelines and empirical findings. Cognitive and Behavioral Pracitce 9 (2002) 213-229
47. Kornblith S.J., Rehm L.P., O'Hara M.W., and Lamparski D.M. The contribution of self-reinforcement training and behavioral assignments to the efficacy of self-control therapy for depression. Cognitive Therapy and Research 7 (1983) 499-528
48. Lambert M.J. The status of empirically supported therapies: Comment on Westen and Morrison's (2001) multidimensional meta-analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 69 (2001) 910-913
49. Lambert M.J., and Bergin A.E. The effectiveness of psychotherapy. In: Bergin A.E., and Garfield S.L. (Eds). The handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change (1994), Wiley, New York 143-189
50. Lambert M.J., Hatch D.R., Kingston M.D., and Edwards B.C. Zung, Beck, and Hamilton Rating Scales as measures of treatment outcome: A meta-analytic comparison. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 54 (1986) 54-59
51. Lambert M.J., and Ogles B.M. The efficacy and effectiveness of psychotherapy. In: Lambert M.J. (Ed). Bergin and Garfield's handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change. 5th ed. (2004), Wiley, New York 139-193
52. Luborsky L. Research cannot yet influence clinical practice. In: Bergin A., and Strupp H. (Eds). Changing frontiers in the science of psychotherapy (1972), Aldine, Chicago 120-127
53. Luborsky L., Rosenthal R., Diguer L., Andrusyna T.P., Berman J.S., Levitt J.T., et al. The dodo bird verdict is alive and well-Mostly. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice 9 (2002) 2-12
54. McCullough M.E. Research on religion-accommodative counseling: Review and meta-analysis. Journal of Counseling Psychology 46 (1999) 92-98
55. McKnight D.L., Nelson-Gray R.O., and Barnhill J. Dexamethasone suppression test and response to cognitive therapy and antidepressant medication. Behavior Therapy 23 (1992) 99-111
56. McNamara K., and Horan J.J. Experimental construct validity in the evaluation of cognitive and behavioral treatments for depression. Journal of Counseling Psychology 33 (1986) 23-30
57. Merrill K.A., Tolbert V.E., and Wade W.A. Effectiveness of cognitive therapy for depression in a community mental health center: A benchmarking study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 71 (2003) 404-409
58. Minami, T., Wampold, B. E., Serlin, R. C., Kircher, J. C., & Brown, G. S., (in press). Using clinical trials to benchmark effects produced in clinical practice. Quality and Quantity
59. Murphy G.E., Simons A.D., Wetzel R.D., and Lustman P.J. Cognitive therapy and pharmacotherapy: Singly and together in the treatment of depression. Archives of General Psychiatry 41 (1984) 33-41
60. Neimeyer R.A., and Feixas G. The role of homework and skill acquisition in the outcome of group cognitive therapy for depression. Behavior Therapy 21 (1990) 281-292
61. Nezu A.M. Efficacy of a social problem-solving therapy approach for unipolar depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 54 (1986) 196-202
62. Nezu A.M., and Perri M.G. Social problem-solving therapy for unipolar depression: An initial dismantling investigation. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 57 (1989) 408-413
63. Pecheur D.R., and Edwards K.J. A comparison of secular and religious versions of cognitive therapy with depressed Christian college students. Journal of Psychology and Theology 12 (1984) 45-54
64. Posternak M.A., and Miller I. Untreated short-term course of major depression: A meta-analysis of outcomes from studies using wait-list control groups. Journal of Affective Disorders 66 (2001) 139-146
65. Propst L.R., Ostrom R., Watkins P., Dean T., and Mashburn D. Comparative efficacy of religious and nonreligious cognitive-behavioral therapy for the treatment of clinical depression in religious individuals. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 60 (1992) 94-103
66. Quintana S.M., and Minami T. Guidelines for meta-analyses of counseling psychology research. Counseling Psychologist 34 (2006) 839-877
67. Rehm L.P., Kaslow N.J., and Rabin A.S. Cognitive behavioral targets in a self-control therapy program for depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 55 (1987) 60-67
68. Rehm L.P., Kornblith S.J., O'Hara M.W., Lamparski D.M., Romano J.M., and Volkin J.I. An evaluation of major components in a self-control therapy program for depression. Behavior Modification 5 (1981) 459-489
69. Robinson L.A., Berman J.S., and Neimeyer R.A. Psychotherapy for treatment of depression: A comprehensive review of controlled outcome research. Psychological Bulletin 108 (1990) 30-49
70. Rogers C.R. Client-centered therapy: Its current practice, implications, and theory (1951), Houghton Mifflin, Boston
71. Rokke P.D., Tomhave J.A., and Jocic Z. Self-management therapy and educational group therapy for depressed elders. Cognitive Therapy and Research 24 (2000) 99-119
72. Roth D., Bielski R., Jones M., Parker W., and Osborn G. A comparison of self-control therapy and combined self-control therapy and antidepressant medication in the treatment of depression. Behavior Therapy 13 (1982) 133-144
73. Rounsaville B.J., O'Malley S., Foley S., and Weissman M.M. Role of manual-guided training in the conduct and efficacy of interpersonal psychotherapy for depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 56 (1988) 681-688
74. Rush A.J., Beck A.T., Kovacs M., and Hollon S. Comparative efficacy of cognitive therapy and pharmacotherapy in the treatment of depressed outpatients. Cognitive Therapy and Research 1 (1977) 17-37
75. Rush A.J., and Watkins J.T. Group versus individual cognitive therapy: A pilot study. Cognitive Therapy and Research 5 (1981) 95-103
76. Scott A.I., and Freeman C.P.L. Edinburgh primary care depression study: Treatment outcome, patient satisfaction, and cost after 16 weeks. British Medical Journal 304 (1992) 883-887
77. Seligman M.E.P. The effectiveness of psychotherapy: The Consumer Reports Study. American Psychologist 50 (1995) 965-974
78. Serlin R.C., and Lapsley D.K. Rationality in psychological research: The good-enough principle. American Psychologist 40 (1985) 73-83
79. Serlin R.C., and Lapsley D.K. Rational appraisal of psychological research and the good-enough principle. In: Keren G., and Lewis C. (Eds). A handbook for data analysis in the behavioral sciences: Methodological issues (1993), Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ 199-228
80. Shadish W.R., and Haddock C.K. Combining estimates of effect size. In: Cooper H., and Hedges L.V. (Eds). The handbook of research synthesis (1994), Russell Sage Foundation, New York 261-281
81. Shadish W.R., Matt G.E., Navarro A.M., and Phillips G. The effects of psychological therapies under clinically representative conditions: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin 126 (2000) 512-529
82. Shadish W.R., Matt G.E., Navarro A.M., Siegle G., Crits-Christoph P., Hazeligg M.D., et al. Evidence that therapy works in clinically representative conditions. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 65 (1997) 355-365
83. Shadish W.R., Montgomery L.M., Wilson P., Wilson M.R., Bright I., and Okwumabua T. Effects of family and marital psychotherapies: A meta-analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 61 (1993) 992-1002
84. Shapiro D.A., and Shapiro D. Meta-analysis of comparative therapy outcome studies: A replication and refinement. Psychological Bulletin 92 (1982) 581-604
85. Smith M.L., and Glass G.V. Meta-analysis of psychotherapy outcome studies. American Psychologist 32 (1977) 752-760
86. Smith M.L., Glass G.V., and Miller T.I. The benefits of psychotherapy (1980), Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
87. Spitzer R.L., and Williams J.B.W. Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III (SCID) (1984), New York State Psychiatric Institute Biometrics Research, New York
88. Spitzer R.L., Williams J.B.W., Gibbon M., and First M.B. Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (1989), New York State Psychiatric Institute Biometrics Research, New York
89. Spitzer R.L., Williams J.B.W., Gibbon M., and First M.B. Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (1995), American Psychiatric Press, New York
90. Steuer J.L., Mintz J., Hammen C.L., Hill M.A., Jarvik L.F., McCarley T., et al. Cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic group psychotherapy in treatment of geriatric depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 52 (1984) 180-189
91. Stravynski A., Verreault R., Gaudette G., Langlois T., Gagnier S., and Larose M. The treatment of depression with group behavioural-cognitive therapy and imipramine. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 39 (1994) 387-390
92. Strupp H.H. Psychotherapy: Can the practitioner learn from the researcher?. American Psychologist 44 (1989) 717-724
93. Svartberg M., and Stiles T.C. Comparative effects of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy: A meta-analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 59 (1991) 704-714
94. Thase M.E., Greenhouse J.B., Frank E., Reynolds III C.F., Pilkonis P.A., Hurley K., et al. Treatment of major depression with psychotherapy or psychotherapy-pharmacotherapy combinations. Archives of General Psychiatry 54 (1997) 1009-1015
95. Thompson L.W., Coon D.W., Gallagher-Thompson D., Sommer B.R., and Koin D. Comparison of desipramine and cognitive/behavioral therapy in the treatment of elderly outpatients with mild-to-moderate depression. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 9 (2001) 225-240
96. Thompson L.W., and Gallagher D. Efficacy of psychotherapy in the treatment of late-life depression. Advances in Behaviour Research and Therapy 6 (1984) 127-139
97. Thompson L.W., Gallagher D., and Breckenridge J.S. Comparative effectiveness of psychotherapies for depressed elders. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 55 (1987) 385-390
98. Verduyn C., Barrowclough C., Roberts J., Tarrier N., and Harrington R. Maternal depression and child behaviour problems. British Journal of Psychiatry 183 (2003) 342-348
99. Wade W.A., Treat T.A., and Stuart G.L. Transporting an empirically supported treatment for panic disorder to a service clinic setting: A benchmarking strategy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 66 (1998) 231-239
100. Wampold B.E. The great psychotherapy debate: Model, methods, and findings (2001), Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ
101. Wampold B.E., Minami T., Baskin T.W., and Tierney S.C. A meta-(re)analysis of the effects of cognitive therapy versus "other therapies" for depression. Journal of Affective Disorders 68 (2002) 159-165
102. Wampold B.E., Mondin G.W., Moody M., Stich F., Benson K., and Ahn H. A meta-analysis of outcome studies comparing bona fide psychotherapies: Empirically, "All must have prizes.". Psychological Bulletin 122 (1997) 203-215
103. Watson J.C., Gordon L.B., Stermac L., Kalogerakos F., and Steckley P. Comparing the effectiveness of process-experiential with cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy in the treatment of depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 71 (2003) 773-781
104. Weersing V.R., and Weisz J.R. Community clinic treatment of depressed youth: Benchmarking usual care against CBT clinical trials. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 70 (2002) 299-310
105. Westen D., and Morrison K. A multidimensional meta-analysis of treatments for depression, panic, and generalized anxiety disorder: An empirical examination of the status of empirically supported therapies. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 69 (2001) 875-899
106. Wilson P.H., Goldin J.C., and Charbonneau-Powis M. Comparative efficacy of behavioral and cognitive treatments of depression. Cognitive Therapy and Research 7 (1983) 111-124
107. Zettle R.D., and Rains J.C. Group cognitive and contextual therapies in treatment of depression. Journal of Clinical Psychology 45 (1989) 436-445
108. Zung W.W.K. A self-rating depression scale. Archives of General Psychiatry 12 (1965) 63-70