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interpersonal therapy

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interpersonal therapy,
a kind of psychotherapy that views faulty communications, interactions, and interrelationships as basic factors in maladaptive behavior. A kind of interpersonal therapy is transactional analysis.


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Treatments include cognitive behavioural therapy, interpersonal therapy and antidepressant medication--the latter treatment has been controversial but the decrease in youth suicide rates overall, parallels a rise in prescription of the drugs over the past 20 years.
2000; Peterson & Mitchell), nutritional counseling (Kahm, 1999), guided imagery (Hutchinson, 1994), interpersonal therapy (Fairburn, 1997; McIntosh, Bulik, McKenzie, Luty, & Jordan, 2000; Peterson & Mitchell; Wilfley, Dounchis, & Robinson-Welch, 2000), family therapy (LeGrange, 1999), feminist therapy (Tantillo, 2000), group therapy (Davis, Olmsted, Rockert, Marques, & Dolhanty, 1997; Tantillo) and narrative therapy (Garrett, 1997; Pale::, 2000; Reindl, 2001).
May 2: Workshop: Interpersonal Therapy of Depression with Laurie Gillis; Leading Edge-Seminars; Toronto; 416.
 
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