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Decreased depression up to one year following CBSM+ intervention in depressed women with AIDS: the smart/EST women's project.

Laperriere A, Ironson GH, Antoni MH, Pomm H, Jones D, Ishii M, Lydston D, Lawrence P, Grossman A, Brondolo E, Cassells A, Tobin JN, Schneiderman N, Weiss SM

Department of Psychiatry, University of Miami School of Medicine, Dominion Tower Suite 404 (D-21), 1400N.W 10th Ave, Miami, Florida 33136, USA. alaperriere@miami.edu

This prospective multisite Phase III clinical trial (Miami, New York, New Jersey) investigated the long-term (one year) effects of a 10-week group cognitive-behavioral stress management/expressive supportive therapy (CBSM+) intervention on disadvantaged minority women living with AIDS. The CBSM+ intervention consisted of 10-weekly group session of stress management, cognitive-behavioral skill training, relaxation techniques and expressive-supportive therapeutic strategies. The primary study outcome was self-reported depression scores as measured by the BDI. The CBSM+ Group intervention significantly decreased depression scores on the BDI for women following the intervention and maintained the decreased level at one-year follow-up.

Published 22 February 2005 in J Health Psychol, 10(2): 223-31.
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