Journal article
The feasibility and efficacy of a brief integrative treatment for adults with depression and/or anxiety: A randomized controlled trial
Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine, Vol.25
2020
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy and suitability of a brief integrative intervention, Personalized Integrative Therapy (PI Therapy), for the treatment of adult depression and/or anxiety. In this 6-week, 3-arm, parallel-group, randomized trial, PI Therapy delivered alone or with nutritional supplements (PI Therapy + Supps) was compared to cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) in 48 adults with depression and/or anxiety. All treatments were delivered as a 1-day workshop plus 6 weeks of reminder phone text messages to reinforce topics and skills covered in the workshop. Affective symptoms decreased significantly and to the same extent in all 3 conditions. At the end of treatment, 33% to 58% of participants reported levels of depressive symptoms in the normal range, and 50% to 58% reported nonclinical levels of anxiety. Compared to CBT and PI Therapy, PI Therapy + Supps was associated with significantly greater improvements in sleep quality. These findings suggest that a brief integrative intervention with or without supplements was comparable to CBT in reducing affective symptoms in adults with depression and/or anxiety. However, sleep quality improved only in the PI Therapy + Supps condition. These findings will require replication with a larger cohort.
Details
- Title
- The feasibility and efficacy of a brief integrative treatment for adults with depression and/or anxiety: A randomized controlled trial
- Authors/Creators
- A.L. Lopresti (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityS.J. Smith (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityA.P. Metse (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityT. Foster (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityP.D. Drummond (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine, Vol.25
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Identifiers
- 991005541668607891
- Copyright
- © 2020 The Authors
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Creative Media, Arts and Design
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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