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J Clin Psychol 2010 Aug;66(8):857-67

University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.

The authors applied cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression using the Healthy Management of Reality treatment manual. This 16-week group treatment comprised four 4-week modules: thoughts (cognitive restructuring), activities (behavioral activation), people (interpersonal skills training), and health (addresses physical health and depression). They illustrated the use of the culture-sensitive treatment manuals by way of the member characteristics and clinical process of a Spanish-language CBT group for depression. Read More

Med Care 2014 Nov;52(11):989-97

*Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research, Somerville, MA †Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA ‡Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Puerto Rico Medical School, San Juan, PR §Department of Psychology, New York University, NY ∥Department of Psychology, Clark University, MA ¶Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA #Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA **Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY ††Department of Psychiatry, MSC-University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR.

Background: Persistent disparities in access and quality of mental health care for Latinos indicate a need for evidence-based, culturally adapted, and outside-the-clinic-walls treatments.

Objective: Evaluate treatment effectiveness of telephone (ECLA-T) or face-to-face (ECLA-F) delivery of a 6-8 session cognitive behavioral therapy and care management intervention for low-income Latinos, as compared to usual care for depression.

Design: Multisite randomized controlled trial. Read More

J Affect Disord 2007 Jan 20;97(1-3):197-202. Epub 2006 Jul 20.

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5722, United States.

Background: Premature termination is common among patients treated for depression with either pharmacotherapy or psychotherapy. Yet little is known about factors associated with premature treatment termination among depressed patients.

Methods: This study examines predictors of, time to, and reasons for dropout from the 12-week acute phase treatment of nonpsychotic adult outpatients, age 18-75, with chronic major depression who were randomly assigned to nefazadone alone (MED), cognitive behavioral analysis system of psychotherapy alone (CBASP) or both treatments (COMB). Read More

Behav Ther 2015 Mar 28;46(2):177-92. Epub 2014 Sep 28.

Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers, Milwaukee.

Depression presents a significant public health burden for Latinos, the largest and fastest-growing minority group in the United States. The current study performed a randomized controlled trial of Behavioral Activation (BA) for Latinos (BAL, n=21), with relatively minor modifications, compared to treatment as usual (TAU, n=22) in a community mental health clinic setting with a sample of depressed, Spanish-speaking Latinos. TAU was a strong comparison condition, taking place at the same clinic, under the same guidelines and clinic protocols, with similar levels of ongoing consultation, and using the same pool of therapists as BAL. Read More