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MARITAL DISTRESS, CO‐OCCURRING DEPRESSION, AND MARITAL THERAPY: A REVIEW
Author(s) -
Mead D. Eugene
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2002.tb01188.x
Subject(s) - spouse , marital therapy , distress , depression (economics) , psychology , depressive symptoms , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychotherapist , cognition , sociology , anthropology , economics , macroeconomics
This article reviews several factors that contribute to marital distress and co‐occurring depression and also reviews empirically supported therapies. Gender contributes to marital distress and depression but does not appear to be the cause of either. Marital distress and depression appear to have bidirectional influence on each other. The depressed spouse's depression has a marked impact on the marital adjustment of the nondepressed spouse. Both marital distress and depression appear to be chronic. It is recommended that treatment be designed to help couples be supportive of each another, to adapt, and to cope with the depressive symptoms within the framework of their ongoing marital relations.