TA Treatment of Depression: A Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design Study - ‘Sara’
This study is the first of a series of three, and represents an Italian systematic replication of previous UK findings (Widdowson 2012a, 2012b, 2012c, 2013) that investigated the effectiveness of a recently manualised transactional analysis treatment for depression with British clients, using Hermen...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
International Centre For Transactional Analysis Qualifications
2016-11-01
|
| Series: | International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research |
| Online Access: | http://www.ijtarp.org/article/view/17034 |
| _version_ | 1819226301466148864 |
|---|---|
| author | Enrico Benelli Barbara Revello Cristina Piccirillo Marco Mazzetti Vincenzo Calvo Arianna Palmieri Marco Sambin Mark Widdowson |
| author_facet | Enrico Benelli Barbara Revello Cristina Piccirillo Marco Mazzetti Vincenzo Calvo Arianna Palmieri Marco Sambin Mark Widdowson |
| author_sort | Enrico Benelli |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This study is the first of a series of three, and represents an Italian systematic replication of previous UK findings (Widdowson 2012a, 2012b, 2012c, 2013) that investigated the effectiveness of a recently manualised transactional analysis treatment for depression with British clients, using Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design (HSCED). The various stages of HSCED as a systematic case study research method are described, as a quasi-judicial method to sift case evidence in which researchers construct opposing arguments around quantitative and qualitative multiple source evidences and judges evaluate these for and against propositions to conclude whether the client changed substantially over the course of therapy and that the outcome was attributable to the therapy. The therapist in this case was a white Italian woman with 10 years clinical experience and the client, Sara, was a 62-year old white Italian woman with moderate depression and three recent bereavements, who attended sixteen sessions of transactional analysis therapy. The diagnosis is based on the new DSM-5 criteria that allow differentiation between Depression and Bereavement. The conclusion of the judges was that this was a good-outcome case: the client improved early over the course of the therapy, reported positive experience of therapy and maintained the improvement at the end of the follow-up. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-23T10:23:19Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-947b0af12e6444989457e18b3f82f026 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2218-3159 2218-3159 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-23T10:23:19Z |
| publishDate | 2016-11-01 |
| publisher | International Centre For Transactional Analysis Qualifications |
| record_format | Article |
| series | International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research |
| spelling | doaj.art-947b0af12e6444989457e18b3f82f0262022-12-21T17:50:39ZengInternational Centre For Transactional Analysis QualificationsInternational Journal of Transactional Analysis Research2218-31592218-31592016-11-017110.29044/v7i1p39270TA Treatment of Depression: A Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design Study - ‘Sara’Enrico BenelliBarbara RevelloCristina PiccirilloMarco MazzettiVincenzo CalvoArianna PalmieriMarco SambinMark WiddowsonThis study is the first of a series of three, and represents an Italian systematic replication of previous UK findings (Widdowson 2012a, 2012b, 2012c, 2013) that investigated the effectiveness of a recently manualised transactional analysis treatment for depression with British clients, using Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design (HSCED). The various stages of HSCED as a systematic case study research method are described, as a quasi-judicial method to sift case evidence in which researchers construct opposing arguments around quantitative and qualitative multiple source evidences and judges evaluate these for and against propositions to conclude whether the client changed substantially over the course of therapy and that the outcome was attributable to the therapy. The therapist in this case was a white Italian woman with 10 years clinical experience and the client, Sara, was a 62-year old white Italian woman with moderate depression and three recent bereavements, who attended sixteen sessions of transactional analysis therapy. The diagnosis is based on the new DSM-5 criteria that allow differentiation between Depression and Bereavement. The conclusion of the judges was that this was a good-outcome case: the client improved early over the course of the therapy, reported positive experience of therapy and maintained the improvement at the end of the follow-up.http://www.ijtarp.org/article/view/17034 |
| spellingShingle | Enrico Benelli Barbara Revello Cristina Piccirillo Marco Mazzetti Vincenzo Calvo Arianna Palmieri Marco Sambin Mark Widdowson TA Treatment of Depression: A Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design Study - ‘Sara’ International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research |
| title | TA Treatment of Depression: A Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design Study - ‘Sara’ |
| title_full | TA Treatment of Depression: A Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design Study - ‘Sara’ |
| title_fullStr | TA Treatment of Depression: A Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design Study - ‘Sara’ |
| title_full_unstemmed | TA Treatment of Depression: A Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design Study - ‘Sara’ |
| title_short | TA Treatment of Depression: A Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design Study - ‘Sara’ |
| title_sort | ta treatment of depression a hermeneutic single case efficacy design study sara |
| url | http://www.ijtarp.org/article/view/17034 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT enricobenelli tatreatmentofdepressionahermeneuticsinglecaseefficacydesignstudysara AT barbararevello tatreatmentofdepressionahermeneuticsinglecaseefficacydesignstudysara AT cristinapiccirillo tatreatmentofdepressionahermeneuticsinglecaseefficacydesignstudysara AT marcomazzetti tatreatmentofdepressionahermeneuticsinglecaseefficacydesignstudysara AT vincenzocalvo tatreatmentofdepressionahermeneuticsinglecaseefficacydesignstudysara AT ariannapalmieri tatreatmentofdepressionahermeneuticsinglecaseefficacydesignstudysara AT marcosambin tatreatmentofdepressionahermeneuticsinglecaseefficacydesignstudysara AT markwiddowson tatreatmentofdepressionahermeneuticsinglecaseefficacydesignstudysara |