ABSTRACT

Depression is a common psychiatric disorder and the leading cause of disability worldwide. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of group interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT-G) on the levels of depression and social adaptation among married Turkish women with interpersonal relationship problems and to determine whether the intervention was compatible with Turkish culture. A pretest-posttest nonequivalent-control-groups design was used. Twenty-two female participants who received a diagnosis of major depression at an outpatient psychiatry clinic were assigned to receive either IPT-G and pharmacotherapy or treatment as usual (pharmacotherapy) for 12 weeks. Quantitative data were collected from bogggth groups using the Beck Depression Inventory and Social Adaptation Self-Evaluation Scale before and after the interventions. Findings indicate statistically significant improvements on both outcome measures. IPT-G intervention used in this study was effective in decreasing the depression levels and increasing the social adaptation of women with major depression in the eastern part of Turkey.

 抽象的

抑郁症是一种常见的精神疾病，也是全世界残疾的主要原因。本研究的目的是调查团体人际心理治疗（IPT-G）对有人际关系问题的已婚土耳其女性的抑郁和社会适应水平的有效性，并确定该干预措施是否与土耳其文化相容。使用前测-后测非等效对照组设计。 22 名在精神病门诊被诊断为重度抑郁症的女性参与者被分配接受 IPT-G 和药物治疗或照常治疗（药物治疗），为期 12 周。使用贝克抑郁量表和社会适应自我评估量表在干预前后从博格特组收集定量数据。调查结果表明，这两项结果指标均取得了统计上的显着改善。本研究中使用的 IPT-G 干预措施可有效降低土耳其东部重度抑郁症女性的抑郁水平并提高其社会适应能力。