Journal of Depression and Anxiety
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Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, University of Louisville School Public Health and Information Science, Louisville, United States

Publications

• Research Article   
  Development, Feasibility and Outcome of Attachment Integrated Therapy for Persistent Depressive Disorder: A Pilot Study
  Author(s): Hassan Rahioui, Lana Kheirallah* and Jean Belbeze
  
  Objectives: Persistent Depressive Disorder (PDD), newly developed in DSM-5, merges the diagnoses of chronic major depressive disorder with that of dysthymia. It is disabling and often difficult to treat. In psychotherapy, only the Cognitive Behavioural Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) has shown an interest in this pathology, especially in combination with antidepressants. However it has not taken attachment into consideration. With this limitation, we felt it was essential to integrate the attachment dimension and Attachment Integrated Therapy (AIT) was developed specifically for PDD. The purpose of the study was to assess the feasibility and results, found at the beginning (T1) at end of therapy (T2), 6 months after therapy (T3), and one year after therapy (T4), This article will present our preliminary results (T1 and T2), T3 and T4 are to follow. .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-1044.22.11.464

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