Letters to the Editor

Kennedy SH Lam R , Clinical guidelines for the treatment of depression. Can J Psychiatry 2001;46 (Suppl 1).

Abbass A . A systematic review of short term psychodynamic psychotherapies. Proceedings of The 8th International Cochrane Colloquium; October 25–29, 2000; Cape Town (SA).

Barkham M. Shapiro DA Hardy GE Rees A . Psycho therapy in two-plus-one sessions: Out comes of a randomized controlled trial of cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic-interpersonal therapy for subsyndromal depression. J Consult Clin Psychol 1999;67: 201–11.

Gallagher DE Thompson LW . Treat ment of major depressive disorder in older adult out patients with brief psychotherapies. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice 1982;19:482–90.

Thompson LW Gallagher D Breckenridge J Steinmentz . Comparative effectiveness of psychotherapies for de pressed elders. J Consult Clin Psychol 1983;55:385–90.

Hersen M Bellack AS Himmelhoch JM Thase ME . Effects of so cial skill train ing, amitriptyline, and psychotherapy in unipolar de pressed women. Behavior Therapy 1984;15:21–40.

McLean PD Hakstian AR . Clinical depression: Comparative efficacy of out patient treatments. J Consult Clin Psychol 1979;47:818–36.

Reynolds S Stiles WB Barkham M Shapiro DA Hardy G Rees A . Acceleration of changes in session impact during contrasting time-limited psychotherapies. J Consult Clin Psychol 1996;64:577–86.

Shapiro DA Barkham M Rees A Hardy GE Reynolds S Startup M . Effects of treatment duration and severity of depression on the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic-interpersonal psychotherapy. J Consult Clin Psychol 1994;62:522–34.

Shapiro DA Rees A Barkham M Hardy G Reynolds S Startup M . Effects of treatment duration and severity of depression on the maintenance of gains after cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic-interpersonal psychotherapy. J Consult Clin Psychol 1995;63:378–87.

Shapiro DA Firth J . Prescriptive v. explorative psychotherapy: Out comes of the Sheffield psychotherapy project. Br J Psychiatry 1987;151:790–9.

Anderson E Lambert M . Short-term dynamically oriented psychotherapy: A review and meta-analysis. Clin Psychol Rev 1995;15:503–14.

Hellerstein DJ Rosenthal RN Pinsker H Samstag LW Muran JC Winston A . A randomized prospective study comparing supportive and dynamic therapies. J Psychother Pract Res 1998;7:261–71.

Winston A Laikin M Pollack J Samstag L Wallner McCullough L Muran C . Short-term psychotherapy of personality disorders. Am J Psychiatry 1993;151:190–4.

Winston A Pollack J McCullough L Flegenheimer W Kestenbaum R Trujillo M . Brief psychotherapy of personality disorders. J Nerv Ment Dis 1991;179:188–93.

Abbass A . A multicentre controlled evaluation of short-term dynamic psychotherapy of patients with personality disorders. Proceedings of the Canadian Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; October, 2000; Victoria (BC).

Andreoli A Frances A Gex-Fabry M Aapro N Gerin P Dazord A . Crisis intervention in de pressed patients with and with out DSM-III-R personality disorders. J Nerv Ment Dis 1993;181:732–7.

Leichsenring F . Comparative effects of short-term dynamic psychodynamic psycho therapy and cognitive-behavior therapy in depression: A meta-analytic approach. Clin Psychol Rev 2001;21:401–19.

Shea MT . Psychosocial treatment of personality disorders. J Personal Disord 1993; (Suppl):167–80.

Leichsenring F . Comparative effects of short-term dynamic psychodynamic psychotherapy and cognitive-behavior therapy in depression: A meta-analytic approach. Clin Psychol Rev 2001;21:401–19.

Kennedy SH Lam R . Clinical guide lines for the treatment of depression. Can J Psychiatry 2001;46 (Suppl 1):32S.

Crits-Christoph P . The efficacy of brief dynamic psychotherapy: A meta-analysis. Am J Psychiatry 1992; 149: 151–8.

Anderson E Lambert M . Short-term dynamically oriented psychotherapy: A review and meta-analysis. Clin Psychol Rev 1995;15:503–14.

Markowitz JC Svartberg M Swartz HA . Is IPT time-limited psychodynamic psychotherapy? J Psychother Pract Res 1998; 7: 185–95.

Gallagher RM . Training is sues at the in ter face between consultation-liaison psychiatry and behavioural medicine. Adv Psychosom Med. 1990; 20: 33–52.

Shapiro DA Rees A Barkham M Hardy G Reynolds S Startup M . Effects of treatment duration and severity of depression on the main te nance of gains after cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic-interpersonal psychotherapy. J Consult Clin Psychol 1995;63:378–87.

Barkham M Shapiro DA Hardy GE Rees A . Psychotherapy in two-plus-one sessions: Out comes of a randomized controlled trial of cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic-interpersonal therapy for subsyndromal depression. J Consult Clin Psychol 1999;67:201–11.

Gallagher DE Thompson LW . Treat ment of major depressive disorder in older adult out patients with brief psychotherapies. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice 1982;19:482–90.

Thompson LW Gallagher D Breckenridge J Steinmentz . Comparative effectiveness of psychotherapies for de pressed elders. J Consult Clin Psychol 1983;55:385–90.

Shapiro DA Barkham M Rees A Hardy GE Reynolds S Startup M . Effects of treatment du ration and severity of depression on the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic-interpersonal psychotherapy. J Consult Clin Psychol 1994;62:522–34.

Winston A Laikin M Pollack J Samstag L Wallner McCullough L Muran C . Short-term psychotherapy of personality disorders. Am J Psychiatry 1993;151:190–4.

Winston A Pollack J McCullough L Flegenheimer W Kestenbaum R Trujillo M . Brief psychotherapy of personality disorders. J Nerv Ment Dis 1991;179:188–93.

Andreoli A Frances A Gex-Fabry M Aapro N Gerin P Dazord A . Crisis intervention in de pressed patients with and with out DSM-III-R personality disorders. J Nerv Ment Dis 1993;181:732–7.

Dewa CS Hoch JS Goering P . Using financial incentives to pro mote shared mental health care. Can J Psychiatry 2001;46;488–95.

Dewa CS Hoch JS Goering P . Using financial incentives to promote shared mental health care. Can J Psychiatry 2001;46;488–95.

McMahon FJ Stine C Chase GA Meyers DA Simpson SG Depaulo JR . Influence of clinical subtype, sex, and lineality on age at on set of major depressive disorder in a family sample. Am J Psychiatry 1994;151:210–5.

Goodwin FK Jamison KR . Manic-depressive illness. New York: Oxford University Press; 1990.

Benazzi F . Early-versus late-onset bipolar II disorder. J Psychiatry Neurosci 2000;25:53–7.

Benazzi F . Borderline personality disorder and bipolar II disorder in private practice de pressed out patients. Compr Psychiatry 2000;41:106–10.

First MB Spitzer RL Gibbon M Williams JBW . Structured clinical interview for DSM-IV axis I disorders-clinician version (SCID-CV). Washington (DC): American Psychiatric Press; 1997.

First MB Gibbon M Spitzer RL Williams JBW Benjamin L Smith . Structured clinical interview for DSM-IV axis II personality disorders (SCID-II). Washington (DC): American Psychiatric Press; 1997.

Wylie ME Mulsant BH Pollock BG Sweet RA Zubenko GS Begley AE , and others. Age at on set ingeriatric bipolar disorder. Effects on clinical presentation and treatment out comes in an in patient sample. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 1999;7:77–83.

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Vieta E Colom F Martinez-Aran A Benabarre A Gasto C . Personality disorders in bipolar II patients. J Nerv Ment Dis 1999;187:245–8.

Fountoulakis KN Fotiou F Iacovides A Kaprinis G . Do depressive patients with family history of dementia constitute a separate group? A case re port study. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice 2000;4:215–22.

Wing JK Babor T Brugha T , and others. SCAN: Schedules for clinical assess ment in neuropsychiatry. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1990;47:589–93.

World Health Organization. International personality disorders examination. Geneva: WHO; 1995.

Fountoulakis KN Iacovides A Ioannidou CH Bassala F Kaprinis G . Preliminary results from the inter national personality disorders examination (IPDE) field trial in Greece. Eur Psychiatry 2000;15 (Suppl 2):343.

Rahe R . Stress and psychiatry. In: Kaplan HI Sadock BJ , editors. Comprehensive text book of psychiatry. 6th ed. Baltimore (MD): Williams and Wilkins; 1995. p 1545–59.

Zimmerman M Coryell W Stangl D Corenthal C . Diagnosing personality disorder in depressed patients. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1988;45:733–7.

Bohn P . Mnemonic screening device for generalized anxiety disorder. Am J Psychiatry 2000;157:837.

Berber MJ . WATCHERS: Recognizing generalized anxiety disorder. J Clin Psychiatry 2000;61:447.

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