Am J Psychiatry 1990; 147:269-278
Copyright © 1990 by American Psychiatric Association
Toward a clinical model of psychotherapy for depression, II: An integrative and selective treatment approach
TB Karasu
Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, New York.
This is the second in a two-part series on psychotherapy for depression.
Considering depression as a spectrum phenomenon, the author goes beyond
manual-based diagnosis to suggest criteria for the use of psychodynamic,
cognitive, or interpersonal psychotherapy, with or without pharmacotherapy.
He proposes a clinical model that is both integrative and selective and
recommends shifting and sharing different therapeutic perspectives in
tailoring treatment to the depressed individual.
