This volume describes the Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of
Psychotherapy (CBASP), a research-based approach designed to motivate
chronically depressed patients to change and to help them develop needed
problem-solving and relationship skills. Integrating elements of
cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal therapy, this approach has been
shown to be as effective as medication treatment in a recent 12-site
national study with 681 chronically depressed outpatients. Even more
significant, a combination of CBASP and pharmacotherapy produced a
response rate of 85%--unprecedented for any large-scale randomized
clinical trial of its kind--and demonstrated for the first time the
superiority of combination treatment to either psychotherapy or
pharmacotherapy alone. Filled with detailed case examples, the volume
presents clear, step-by-step guidelines for using CBASP. Also discussed
are ways to measure treatment outcomes; issues in research, training,
and supervision; and managing common crises and problems in treatment.