Underserved women in a women's health clinic describe their experiences of depressive symptoms and why they have low uptake of psychotherapy.

Low-income and African American patients in women's health clinics are at risk for depression and under-treatment of their depression. This study aimed to understand women's health patients' experiences of depressive symptoms and perspectives on the low uptake of psychotherapy. Twenty-three women with depressive symptoms from a women's health clinic completed individual qualitative interviews.

Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Co-occurring Depression and Chronic Pain.

Up to 37% of individuals experience chronic pain during their lifetimes. Approximately one-fourth of primary care patients with chronic pain also meet criteria for major depression. Many of these individuals fail to receive psychotherapy or other treatment for their depression; moreover when they do, physical pain is often not addressed directly.

True and false memories in maltreated children.

Differences in basic memory processes between maltreated and nonmaltreated children were examined in an experiment in which middle-socioeconomic-status (SES; N = 60), low-SES maltreated (N = 48), and low-SES nonmaltreated (N = 51) children (ages 5-7, 8-9, and 10-12 years) studied 12 Deese-Roediger-McDermott lists. Using recall and recognition measures, the results showed that both true and false memories increased with age and, contrary to some speculation, these trends did not differ as a function of maltreatment status. However, there were differences in overall memory performance as a function of SES.