Inclusion criteria | ▪Diagnosis of major depression or dysthymia (based on Structured Clinical Interview - SCID) for at least 12 months |
▪QIDS-C score > 10; BDI 2 >17 | |
▪Complaints for at least 12 month | |
▪Age: 21 to 60 years | |
▪Sufficient knowledge of the German language | |
▪Informed consent with the study protocol | |
Exclusion criteria | ▪Current or past psychotic symptomatology, schizoaffective, schizophrenic, or bipolar affective disorder |
▪Substance dependence current or during the last three years | |
▪Dementia | |
▪Borderline, schizotypal and antisocial personality disorder | |
▪Acute suicidality | |
▪Restriction of intellectual capacity | |
▪Serious physical illness that strongly affects the depression or is causal for the depression | |
▪Concurrent psychotherapeutic treatment |