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Book Review

Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Dysthymic Disorder

Douglas A. Vakoch

Published: September 30, 1999

Article Abstract

From our regular book review column.

Under the current pressures of managed health care, the costeffectiveness of treatments is a significant consideration for the practicing psychiatrist. Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Dysthymic Disorder provides a solution for treating some chronically depressed patients: time-limited psychotherapy based on traditional interpersonal therapy for depression,1 but tailored to the treatment of dysthymia.


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Volume: 60

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