Many people with substance disorders and depression fail to receive treatment for both conditions. "The consequences of this unmet need are great," the study authors write. "The interactive nature of the two disorders leads to poorer depression and substance abuse treatment outcomes compared with the outcomes when only one disorder is present."
Researchers led by Dr. Katherine E. Watkins RAND Corp. study, patients were conducted in the facilities of the behavior of health care in Los Angeles zwischen 2006 and 2009. Every four months, to health care facilities between regular drug abuse care and greater cognitive behavior therapy, behavior through changing the way things will change dysfunctional thoughts.
Behind three months, nearly 56 percent of respondents in the treated group had minor symptoms of depression, compared with only around a third of the usual care group greeted six months these figures were almost 64 percent from 44 percent.
Among patients who no longer live in a residential treatment facility in the group with the addition of cognitive behavior therapy had fewer days of drinking and drug use days to less than the controls. The study is published in the June issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.
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