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The Coping With Depression Course: A Group Psychoeducational Intervention for Unipolar Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Gregory Clarke  and
Peter M. Lewinsohn
Gregory Clarke*
Affiliation:
Child Psychiatry Division, Oregon Health Sciences University
Peter M. Lewinsohn
Affiliation:
Oregon Research Institute
*
Child Psychiatry Clinic, OP331, Oregon Health Sciences University, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland OR 97201, USA
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Cognitive-behavioural interventions developed from a variety of theoretical orientations have been demonstrated to be safe and effective treatments for unipolar depression. In this article, one specific intervention is described: the Coping With Depression (CWD) Course, a multi-modal group psychoeducational treatment. The theoretical rationale and development of the CWD Course is reviewed, as well as the specific course content. Evidence for the efficacy of the CWD Course is presented and discussed. Also described are several modifications of the CWD Course, developed for use with special populations such as depressed adolescents, caretakers of frail elderly, health-impaired Native Americans, and English and Spanish-speaking medical outpatients. Future research and development directions for the CWD Course are examined, including replication of outcome results, generalization to real-life clinical settings and to diagnostically co-morbid populations, and the prevention of depression among individuals at elevated risk of affective disorder.

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Behaviour Change , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , June 1989 , pp. 54 - 69
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1989

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