Clinical Focus ›› 2024, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (4): 320-324.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-583X.2024.04.004

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Effect of cognitive behavioral therapy on cognitive function in patients with first-episode depressive disorder

Lu Xiangxiu, Wang Haiming, Zhang Yijie, Qiu Erxian()   

  1. Department of Female Psychiatry, Mental Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650224, China
  • Received:2023-09-06 Online:2024-04-20 Published:2024-06-27
  • Contact: Qiu Erxian, Email: 1025919113@qq.com

Abstract:

Objective To explore the effect of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) on cognitive function in patients with first-episode depressive disorder. Methods Sixty-four eligible patients with first-episode depressive disorder hospitalized in Mental Hospital of Yunnan Province from January 2020 to December 2021 were included as study objects. According to the inclusion order, the first 32 cases were as the combined group (CBT plus escitalopram), and the last 32 cases were as the control group (escitalopram alone). Patients' cognitive function was assessed by the Wsiconsin card sorting test (WCST) and the Struse color word test (Stroop). SPSS was used to analyze the differences between the two groups before and after treatment. Results There were no differences in WCST and Stroop scores between groups before treatment (P >0.05). At the end of the 8th week of treatment, the scores of total response (RA), correct response (RC), persistent correct (RP), and persistent error (RPE) in the two groups were significantly improved (P <0.05), and the scores of RC, RP and RPE in the combination group were significantly better than those of the control group (P <0.05). The scores of conflict response, neutral response and interference response were significantly decreased in the two groups, the decreases were more significant in the combined group relative to the control group (P <0.05). Conclusion Cognitive behavioral therapy can improve cognitive function in patients with first-episode depressive disorder.

Key words: cognitive behavioral therapy, depressive disorder, cognitive function

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