A Pilot Study: Self-Empowerment Therapy for Depression Associated with PTSD

Abstract

Background Mental Health issues such as depression, PTSD, suicide etc., have become epidemics crippling western society requiring significant allocation of funds to address them. Research shows that that regardless of therapy used, nature and severity of the presenting problem and diagnosis, the modal frequency of patients attending counselling services is 1 [1-3]. With this in mind, Self-Empowerment Therapy (SET) was developed by the author [4]. Aims The aim of this study was to look at effectiveness of SET as a single session in the treatment of depression. Method A cohort of 82 subjects were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory at the start of the single-session and at the conclusion of the single-session. Single session SET consisting of recording baseline measures, administration of 4 clinical exercises, questionnaire administration and results analysis. Results Results of the tests showed (n=82) showed clinically significant therapeutic effects from SET in a single therapy session with 76.82 percent improvement. Conclusions Results for the in-person single shot two hour SET depression intervention demonstrated clinically significant impact on depression symptoms associated with PTSD.