Change in reflective functioning in interpersonal psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy for major depressive disorder.
Annika EkebladRolf HolmqvistGerhard AnderssonFredrick FalkenströmPublished in: Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (2022)
IPT may improve mentalization more than CBT. However, although RF increased significantly in IPT, the mean level was still low after therapy. A limitation of the study is the large amount of post-treatment missing data. More research is needed to understand the potential role of mentalization in symptom reduction.