Comparison of individual cognitive behavior therapy outcomes between depression and panic disorder with a focus on a sense of mental defeat and cognitive flexibility

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H06090
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: NAGATA SHINOBU 千葉大学, 子どものこころの発達教育研究センター, 特任研究員 (90757460)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 認知行動療法 / うつ病 / パニック症 / 精神的敗北感 / 認知的柔軟性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Patients with depression and panic disorder received cognitive behavior therapy in accordance with a manual by a therapist who had undergone specialized training. In addition, symptom evaluation scales, mental defeat scale, and cognitive flexibility scale were assessed before and after intervention to determine and compare how the scores for each scale changed. The scales used in this study included symptom scales for depression and panic disorder (Beck Depression Inventory-Ⅱ or BDI-Ⅱ; Panic Disorder Severity Scale or PDSS-SR), mental defeat scale, and cognitive flexibility scale. The results showed that the scores for depression rating scale, mental defeat scale, and cognitive flexibility scale improved during the second half of the manual in patients with depression. In patients with panic disorder, on the other hand, the scores for panic disorder severity scale, mental defeat scale, and cognitive flexibility scale improved during the first half of the manual.

Free Research Field

認知行動療法