Among depressed older adults (60+) receiving interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) and medication treatment, what percentage of patients showed a full response to combined treatment?
a. 23 c. 81
b. 55 d. 94
Q. 2Among depressed older adults (60+) receiving interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) and medication treatment, the most common problem area was:
a. loss and grief. c. interpersonal deficits.
b. role disputes. d. role transitions.
Q. 3Compared to alternative established therapies for treating depression, interpersonal therapy (IPT) is:
a. equally or slightly more effective. c. slightly less effective.
b. equally or slightly less effective. d. slightly more effective.
Q. 4A meta-analysis (Cuijpers et al., 2011) examining interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for depression yielded an overall effect size that was:
a. small. c. large.
b. medium. d. very large.
Q. 5A recent randomized effectiveness trial of IPT for depressed adolescents (called IPT-
a. showed that:
a. adolescents treated in school-based clinics had inferior outcomes to those treated in hospital settings.
b. IPT was about as good as treatment as usual.
c. IPT was superior to treatment as usual.
d. adolescents treated with CBT had better outcomes than those treated with IPT and treatment as usual.
Q. 6Interestingly, when IPT has been compared to cognitive or behavioral therapies for the treatment of eating disorders, researchers found that:
a. IPT was a bit slower to produce symptom reductions, but IPT produced better outcomes on long-term follow-up compared to behavior therapy.
b. cognitive and behavioral therapies are typically more effective in achieving and maintaining symptom reduction.
c. each therapy was equally effective over the short and long-term.
d. while IPT did not produce short-term improvements, only IPT produced sustained long-term results.
Q. 7Secondary analyses of data from the NIMH Collaborative Study that split the sample into subgroups based on severity of depression at study entry revealed that:
a. IPT and CBT were superior to medication treatment for less severely disturbed patients.
b. IPT and CBT were inferior to medication treatment for more severely disturbed patients.
c. medication and IPT were superior to CBT for more severely disturbed patients.
d. CBT was superior to IPT and medication for less severely disturbed patients.
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