Interpersonal psychotherapy, or IPT, is a brief, attachment-focused psychotherapy centered on resolving interpersonal problems and achieving symptomatic recovery, following a highly structured and time-limited approach intended to be completed within twelve to sixteen weeks. It is based on the principle that relationships and life events affect mood and vice versa, and it was developed by Gerald Klerman and Myrna Weissman in the 1970s to treat major depression before being adapted for other mental disorders. IPT is an empirically validated intervention for depressive disorders and is more effective when combined with psychiatric medication.
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What kinds of problems does interpersonal psychotherapy work on?
It targets troublesome interpersonal issues such as unresolved grief.
Interpersonal psychotherapy works on troublesome relationship issues. The American Psychiatric Association describes it as a short-term form of treatment that helps patients understand underlying interpersonal issues, with unresolved grief given as one example.
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Originally named "high contact" therapy, IPT was first developed in 1969 at Yale University as part of a study designed by Gerald Klerman, Myrna Weissman and colleagues to test the efficacy of an antidepressant with and without psychotherapy as maintenance treatment of depression.
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Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is a brief, attachment-focused psychotherapy that centers on resolving interpersonal problems and achieving symptomatic recovery.
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