Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) (Adults)
A time-limited and manual-specified psychotherapy developed initially for adults, ages 18+, with major depressive disorder, but later adapted for other disorders and tested in numerous clinical trials. Designed for administration by trained mental health professionals, it can also be taught, with adaptations, to less trained health workers. This therapy has been used with and without medication. It is based on the idea that the symptoms of depression have multiple causes. The onset of depressive symptoms is usually associated with a trigger in the patient’s/client’s current personal life. The therapy helps the patient/client to identify and learn how to deal with those personal problems and to understand their relationship to the onset of symptoms.
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Diane Goldman Kemper Family
Professor of Epidemiology and Psychiatry
E-mail: Myrna.weissman@nyspi.columbia.edu
Phone: (646) 774-6427
Fax: (212) 568-3534
