AI Article Synopsis
- A 1985 study by Simons et al. suggested that self-control scores could predict treatment responses for depression, indicating therapy benefits based on these scores.
- However, a follow-up study involving 37 patients did not support these findings, failing to replicate the predicted treatment outcomes.
- The new study's prediction success rate was low, with only 7 accurate predictions out of 23, highlighting the need for better methods to determine effective treatments for major depression.
Article Abstract
Work in 1985 by Simons, Lustman, Wetzel, and Murphy showed that a patient's score on Rosenbaum's self-control scale predicted differential response to treatments for depression, with a high score predicting a good outcome with talking therapy and a low score a good outcome with drug therapy. This study of 37 patients did not replicate those findings. Using the same paradigm, we predicted response correctly 7 times and incorrectly 16 times, a clear failure. A valid method for choosing the best treatment for a patient with major depression remains to be found.
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