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Dysthymia : a randomized study of cognitive marital therapy and antidepressants . Preliminary data from a randomized study of the effectiveness of combined marital therapy and antidepressant medication in the treatment of dysthymic married women is presented . The study compares doxepin with placebo , and a marital therapy designed to enhance intimacy through facilitating self-disclosure between spouses with a more supportive and educational therapeutic approach . After ten weeks of combined treatment , the dysthymic women show statistically significant improvement on all the depression measures as well as on the intimacy scale . A trend is developing for greater reduction of depressive symptomatology in the group treated with self-disclosure . The evidence appears to suggest the possibility that the presence of a patient 's husband as a supportive figure may of itself be a potent therapeutic manoeuvre in the treatment of dysthymic women .
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Intervention_Educational
combined marital therapy
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Intervention_Psychological
and antidepressant medication
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Intervention_Psychological
doxepin with
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Intervention_Control
placebo
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Intervention_Psychological
, and a
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Intervention_Educational
marital therapy
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Intervention_Psychological
designed to enhance intimacy through facilitating self-disclosure between spouses with a more supportive and educational therapeutic approach
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Outcome_Mental
depression measures
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Outcome_Mental
intimacy scale .
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Outcome_Mental
depressive symptomatology
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Participant_Condition
treatment of dysthymic
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Participant_Condition
women
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Participant_Condition
dysthymic
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Participant_Sex
women