Psychological therapies for preventing seasonal affective disorder.

CONCLUSIONS: The evidence on psychological therapies to prevent the onset of a new depressive episode in people with a history of SAD is inconclusive. We identified only one study including 46 participants focusing on one type of psychological therapy. Methodological limitations and the small sample size preclude us from drawing a conclusion on benefits and harms of MBCT as a preventive intervention for SAD. Given that there is no comparative evidence for psychological therapy versus other preventive options, the decision for or against initiating preventive treatment of SAD and the treatment selected should be strongly based on patient preferences and other preventive interventions that are supported by evidence. PMID: 31124141 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - May 23, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Forneris CA, Nussbaumer-Streit B, Morgan LC, Greenblatt A, Van Noord MG, Gaynes BN, Wipplinger J, Lux LJ, Winkler D, Gartlehner G Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research