What is it about?
Self-criticism may play a key role in maintaining chronic depression. This study suggests that chronically depressed patients not using antidepressant medication (ADM) while in psychotherapy reduce self-criticism more than patients using ADM.
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Why is it important?
It is possible that patients using ADM experience negative side effects which make them less accessible to psychotherapeutic interventions targeting dysfunctional rumination or emotional processing.
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This page is a summary of: Trajectories of change in chronic depression: Differences in self-criticism and somatic symptoms between users of antidepressants and nonmedicated patients., Journal of Counseling Psychology, January 2022, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/cou0000572.
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