Spirituality Psychotherapy (SIPT), Cognitive-behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Medication Intervention on Depressive Symptoms

Comparision of Spirituality Integrated Psychotherapy (SIPT), Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Medication Intervention on reduction of Depressive Symptoms and Dysfunctional Attitudes in Patients with Dysthymic Disorder

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT201108157339N1

Enrollment

Registered

2012-08-19

Start date

2006-09-11

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Dysthimic Disorder. Dysthymia

Interventions

Intervention 1: Group1:Spritually Integrated psychotherapy include cognitive, behavioral,emotional,spritual strategies based on religious sources. SIPT were presented in 8 sessions, each week, a 45

Treatment - Drugs

Group1:Spritually Integrated psychotherapy include cognitive, behavioral,emotional,spritual strategies based on religious sources. SIPT were presented in 8 sessions, each week, a 45-minute individu

Group2: cognitive behavior therapy with using a standard protocol in the form of eight 45-minute sessions, one session per week,Individually

Group3:routin antidepressant medication therapy, Citalopram was initiated at 20 mg/day, and increased to a maximum of 60 mg/day

Control Group: no any intervention ( waiting list )

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

20 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria included dysthymic disorder diagnosis according to DSM-IV-TR; age between 20 and 65 years old; Persian language; Exclusion comorbidity with severe physical diseases; serious neurology; mental retardation; psychosis disorders or symptoms; bipolar disorder; depression disorders resulting from drug and alcohol abuse and other psychiatric disorders with depression as their secondary symptoms; reluctance of the patient to continue the therapy; serious suicide ideation and risk of suicide which require emergency intervention.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Severity of depressive symptoms (self-report). Timepoint: before intervention,after 4week,after intervention,3month afterintervention(follow out). Method of measurement: Beck Depression Inventory(BDI-II).;Severity of anxiety symptoms(clinician rating). Timepoint: before intervention,after 4week,after intervention,3month afterintervention(follow out). Method of measurement: Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression(HRSD).;Dysfunctional attitude. Timepoint: before intervention,after 4week,after intervention,3month afterintervention(follow out). Method of measurement: Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS-26).	—

Measure

Time frame

Severity of depressive symptoms (self-report). Timepoint: before intervention,after 4week,after intervention,3month afterintervention(follow out). Method of measurement: Beck Depression Inventory(BDI-II).;Severity of anxiety symptoms(clinician rating). Timepoint: before intervention,after 4week,after intervention,3month afterintervention(follow out). Method of measurement: Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression(HRSD).;Dysfunctional attitude. Timepoint: before intervention,after 4week,after intervention,3month afterintervention(follow out). Method of measurement: Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS-26).

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactAmrollah Ebrahimi

Psychosomatic Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

a_ebrahimi@med.mui.ac.ir+98 31 1222 2135

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026