| DiMascio et al., 1979 |
48 |
Interpersonal psychotherapy (individual 16 weeks) versus supportive psychotherapy ‘on demand’ (up to one monthly session) |
Raskin Depression Scale, HDRS |
| Elkin et al., 1989 |
125 |
Interpersonal psychotherapy (individual 16–20 weeks) versus pill-placebo and clinical management (support, encouragement and advice if necessary) |
HDRS, BDI, remission HDRS (<7) |
| Schulberg et al., 1996 |
185 |
Interpersonal psychotherapy (16 weekly individual sessions followed by 4 monthly sessions) versus physicians usual care (various procedures commonly used by primary care physicians) |
HDRS and remission HDRS (<8) |
| Burnand et al., 2002 |
90 |
Psychodynamic psychotherapy (individual sessions for 10 weeks) and 125 mg clomipramine versus supportive care (individual sessions for 10 weeks) and 125 mg clomipramine |
HDRS, days of hospitalization, hospitalizations, lost work days, and treatment failure (major depressive disorder at 10 weeks) |
| Schramm et al., 2007 |
130 |
Interpersonal psychotherapy (individual and group for 5 weeks) and antidepressants (sertralin, amitriptyline) versus clinical management (3 weekly psychoeducative and supportive sessions for 5 weeks) and antidepressants (sertralin, amitrityline) |
HDRS, BDI remission (HDRS <8). Participants were inpatients |
| Swartz et al., 2008 |
65 |
Interpersonal psychotherapy MOMS (9 individual sessions) versus treatment as usual (given referrals to mental health clinics and told to seek treatment) |
HDRS, BDI. IPT MOMS differs from standardized IPT: shorter, brief behavioral strategies, specific strategies to assist mothers in managing psychiatrically ill offspring |
