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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Psychoanalytic and cognitive-behavior therapy of chronic depression: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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