Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Vol. 17

In the 1970's, interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) was developed for time-limited treatment of major depression. Since then, IPT has seen success in several research trials for use in treating subtype mood disorders as well as non-mood disorders. With rising economic pressures, interpersonal psychotherapy has gained attention as a proven time-limited treatment for specific psychiatric disorders.

Interpersonal Psychotherapy compiles the results of several recent research studies on this popular subject. This reference discusses important developments in interpersonal psychotherapy research and its translation into clinical practice. It describes typical phases of treatments and highlights applications for patient populations, which have seen positive results from interpersonal psychotherapy. The author documents current and likely future roles of interpersonal psychotherapy in clinical practice.

The book's many contributors provide an in-depth look at interpersonal psychotherapy applications for depressed adolescents, patients suffering from recurrent depression, bulimia nervosa sufferers, and HIV-positive patients suffering from depression. The volume includes an overview of the history of interpersonal psychotherapy; it describes concepts and techniques of IPT; it discusses the current status of IPT adaptation; it provides evidence of study results; and it includes a thorough reference listing to guide you to further research.

Complete with charted research results, this comprehensive resource provides invaluable information on recent developments in interpersonal psychotherapy.

American Psychiatric Publishing

The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

Interpersonal Psychotherapy compiles the results of several recent research studies on this popular subject. Not only has interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) been found to be effective in treating acute major depression, but recent studies have led to the adaptation and testing of IPT for treating other diagnostic groups, including non-mood disorders.

With rising economic pressures, interpersonal psychotherapy has gained attention as a proven time-limited treatment. This reference provides an overview of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) and discusses important developments in IPT research and clinical practice. It covers:

• The results of recent research studies, typical phases of treatments and applications for patient populations, which have seen positive results for IPT

• The concepts and techniques of IPT and its current status of IPT adaptation

• Groundbreaking research using IPT in maintenance treatments of recurrent depression

• The adaptation of IPT to treat depresses adolescents as well as bulimia patients

• The use of IPT to treat depression associated with HIV-positive patients

• The current and likely future roles of interpersonal psychotherapy in clinical practice

Complete with charted research results, this comprehensive resource provides invaluable information on recent developments in interpersonal psychotherapy.

Booknews

Ten contributors overview the state of interpersonal psychotherapy from its advent in the 1970s as a time- limited treatment for major depression, based on the interpersonal school (Sullivan, 1953). In the context of managed care, IPT is increasingly a treatment of choice for mood as well as nonmood disorders, with the adolescent and HIV-positive depressed, for bulimia nervosa, in couple and group formats, in telephone interventions, and in patient self-help guides. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

John C. Markowitz, M.D., is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Director of the Psychotherapy Clinic at Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York.