Journal of International Psychiatry

Abstract】 Objective To study the effect of group psychotherapy on the efficacy of patients with depression．Methods A total of 82 inpatients who had met ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for depression were randomly divided intostudy group（42）andcontrol group（40）foran24weekobservation．Thestudygroupreceivedgrouppsychotherapy （42）andcontrol group（40）foran24weekobservation．Thestudygroupreceivedgrouppsychotherapy 42）andcontrol group（40）foran24weekobservation．Thestudygroupreceivedgrouppsychotherapy ）andcontrol group（40）foran24weekobservation．Thestudygroupreceivedgrouppsychotherapy and control group（40）foran24weekobservation．Thestudygroupreceivedgrouppsychotherapy （40）foran24weekobservation．Thestudygroupreceivedgrouppsychotherapy 40）foran24weekobservation．Thestudygroupreceivedgrouppsychotherapy ）foran24weekobservation．Thestudygroupreceivedgrouppsychotherapy for an 24 week observation．Thestudygroupreceivedgrouppsychotherapy ．Thestudygroupreceivedgrouppsychotherapy The study group received group psychotherapycombined medication，whilethecontrol groupwasonlytreatedwithmedication．HAMD，HAMAandCGIweread- ，whilethecontrol groupwasonlytreatedwithmedication．HAMD，HAMAandCGIweread- while the control group was only treated with medication．HAMD，HAMAandCGIweread- ．HAMD，HAMAandCGIweread- HAMD，HAMAandCGIweread- ，HAMAandCGIweread- HAMA and CGI were ad-opted for the evaluation before and after treatment．Results After 24 weeks’treatment，thetotal scoresof HAMD， ，thetotal scoresof HAMD， the total scores of HAMD，HAMA and CGI of two groups were obviously decreased，but thescoreof thestudygroupdecreasedmoresignificantly ，but thescoreof thestudygroupdecreasedmoresignificantly but the score of the study group decreased more significantlythan that of the control group（P < 0.05）． ）．Conclusion Group psychotherapy can be effective in improving the depres-sion symptoms.

Group psychotherapy；Depression；Efficacy ；Depression；Efficacy Depression；Efficacy ；Efficacy Efficacy