Interpersonal Psychotherapy

John Markowitz

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Chapter 30. Interpersonal Psychotherapy

John C. Markowitz, M.D.

DOI: 10.1176/appi.books.9781585623402.301864

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Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is a time-limited treatment developed in the 1970s for adult outpatients with major depression by the late Gerald L. Klerman, M.D., and Myrna M. Weissman, Ph.D. IPT is well known as a research intervention, having been tested in numerous randomized, controlled clinical trials. In recent years it has begun to spread into clinical practice. In this chapter I review the research-defined indications and outline the general conduct of this relatively simple yet potent psychotherapy.

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Initially developed as a treatment for major depressive disorders, interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) has been modified and applied to other psychiatric disorders. IPT is not currently considered an effective psychotherapy model for which of the following disorders?

Which of the following statements regarding the basic principles of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is false?

Which of the following is not one of the four interpersonal problem areas emphasized in the interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) model?

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Chapter 30. Interpersonal Psychotherapy

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