Gaudiebility Group Therapy in Depressed Patients: A Pilot Study

Gaudiebility is defined as a set of modulators that regulates enjoyable experiences. Depressed patients are unable to enjoy life experiences. The aim of this pilot study was to test the efficacy of a group therapy approach based on gaudiebility principles in patients with unipolar depression. The ex...

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Autores: Ferrán Padrós Blázquez, Patricia Martínez Medina, Ariel Graff Guerrero
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:México
Institución:Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
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Palabra clave:Psicología
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being
enjoy
anhedonia
depression
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spelling Gaudiebility Group Therapy in Depressed Patients: A Pilot StudyFerrán Padrós BlázquezPatricia Martínez MedinaAriel Graff GuerreroPsicologíawellbeingenjoyanhedoniadepressionGaudiebility is defined as a set of modulators that regulates enjoyable experiences. Depressed patients are unable to enjoy life experiences. The aim of this pilot study was to test the efficacy of a group therapy approach based on gaudiebility principles in patients with unipolar depression. The experimental group included 7 patients who were diagnosed with unipolar depression and who scored less than 50 points on the gaudiebility scale. The control group consisted of 10 patients with similar characteristics. The experimental group was treated with both a standard treatment and gaudiebility therapy. The control group was treated only with the standard treatment. Our results showed improvement in the experimental group as indicated by the clinical scales evaluated: the Beck depression scale (24.57 to 13.14, p= 0.02), the gaudiebility scale (32.71 to 49.57, p= 0.04), the quality of life scale (87.14 to 104.43, p= 0.02), and the psychological well-being scale (61.86 to 82.14, p= 0.02). This improvement was maintained after both 3 months and 2 years. The control group showed statistically significant differences only in the quality of life scale (87.1 to 97.6, p= 0.014). Our study suggests that gaudiebility therapy intervention is effective as an additional treatment in patients with unipolar depression. Further exploration of this finding is required, including testing with other disorders and the use of a randomized placebo control study design.Universidad de Almería2014info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdf1577-7057https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=56031292005International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy (España) Num.1 Vol.14reponame:Redalyc-UMSNHinstname:Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgoinstacron:UMSNHenhttp://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=560International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:redalyc.org:560312920052024-08-23T15:29:49Z
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title Gaudiebility Group Therapy in Depressed Patients: A Pilot Study
spellingShingle Gaudiebility Group Therapy in Depressed Patients: A Pilot Study
Ferrán Padrós Blázquez
Psicología
well
being
enjoy
anhedonia
depression
title_short Gaudiebility Group Therapy in Depressed Patients: A Pilot Study
title_full Gaudiebility Group Therapy in Depressed Patients: A Pilot Study
title_fullStr Gaudiebility Group Therapy in Depressed Patients: A Pilot Study
title_full_unstemmed Gaudiebility Group Therapy in Depressed Patients: A Pilot Study
title_sort Gaudiebility Group Therapy in Depressed Patients: A Pilot Study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ferrán Padrós Blázquez
Patricia Martínez Medina
Ariel Graff Guerrero
author Ferrán Padrós Blázquez
author_facet Ferrán Padrós Blázquez
Patricia Martínez Medina
Ariel Graff Guerrero
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Ariel Graff Guerrero
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Psicología
well
being
enjoy
anhedonia
depression
topic Psicología
well
being
enjoy
anhedonia
depression
description Gaudiebility is defined as a set of modulators that regulates enjoyable experiences. Depressed patients are unable to enjoy life experiences. The aim of this pilot study was to test the efficacy of a group therapy approach based on gaudiebility principles in patients with unipolar depression. The experimental group included 7 patients who were diagnosed with unipolar depression and who scored less than 50 points on the gaudiebility scale. The control group consisted of 10 patients with similar characteristics. The experimental group was treated with both a standard treatment and gaudiebility therapy. The control group was treated only with the standard treatment. Our results showed improvement in the experimental group as indicated by the clinical scales evaluated: the Beck depression scale (24.57 to 13.14, p= 0.02), the gaudiebility scale (32.71 to 49.57, p= 0.04), the quality of life scale (87.14 to 104.43, p= 0.02), and the psychological well-being scale (61.86 to 82.14, p= 0.02). This improvement was maintained after both 3 months and 2 years. The control group showed statistically significant differences only in the quality of life scale (87.1 to 97.6, p= 0.014). Our study suggests that gaudiebility therapy intervention is effective as an additional treatment in patients with unipolar depression. Further exploration of this finding is required, including testing with other disorders and the use of a randomized placebo control study design.
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