Open AccessMemory support strategies and bundles: A pathway to improving cognitive therapy for depression?
Author(s) -
Lu Dong,
Jason Y. Lee,
Allison G. Harvey
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of consulting and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.582
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1939-2117
pISSN - 0022-006X
DOI - 10.1037/ccp0000167
Subject(s) - psycinfo , recall , randomized controlled trial , psychology , clinical psychology , cognitive therapy , statistical significance , depression (economics) , major depressive disorder , cognition , psychiatry , medline , medicine , political science , law , economics , cognitive psychology , macroeconomics
Therapist use of memory support (MS) alongside treatment-as-usual, with the goal of enhancing patient recall of treatment contents, has been of recent interest as a novel pathway to improve treatment outcome. The memory support intervention (MSI) involves treatment providers' using 8 specific MS strategies to promote patient memory for treatment. The present study examines to what extent therapist use of MS strategies and bundles improves patient recall of treatment contents and treatment outcome.