Effectiveness of Problem Solving Therapy among Depressed Students

Depression is a common psychological problems with different arrow of medical and non medical treatment strategically. Problem solving therapy is a short term Psychological intervention treatment and can be used alone or combined with other treatment modality. Here we studied the effectiveness of problem solving therapy in reducing the severity of depression. Methods and Materials: In this prospective study we entered a group of students of Tabriz University whose depression diagnosed with Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) method. We randomly allocated them in to two groups, intervention group and controls. Intervention group received six session of problem – solving therapy (Goldfield and Dzurilla method). Finally we compared the level of depression in both groups by BDI method. Totally 64 student (M/F 30/34, mean age 22, Range 18-26) were studied. BDI index was change from 19.97 to 15.96 in intervention group (P<0.01) but this change was not significantly in control group (pre 18.09 and 18.28 past). This study showed that problem solving therapy is an effective modality to reduction severity of depression.