Self-Stigma Reduction Group for People With Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Daniel Young; Petrus Y N Ng; Patrick Corrigan; Renee Chiu; Shuyan Yang

doi:10.1177/1049731520941594

Self-Stigma Reduction Group for People With Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Daniel Young^*, Petrus Y N Ng, Patrick Corrigan, Renee Chiu, Shuyan Yang

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Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) on reducing self-stigma in Chinese people with depression.

Methods: By adopting a randomized controlled trial design, 62 participants with clinical depression were randomly assigned to a 10-session CBT or treatment as usual. Standardized assessment tools were used to assess the self-stigma and depressive symptoms in the pre- and posttreatment periods by a research assistant who was blind to the group assignment of the participants.

Results: The results of the 2 × 2 repeated measures of covariance (analysis of covariance) demonstrated that after completing the therapy, the treatment group had significantly lower self-stigma scores than the control group. Additionally, the reduction in self-stigmatizing beliefs predicted a reduction in depressive symptoms in participants.

Conclusion: This study demonstrates the efficacy and effectiveness of a CBT group intervention in reducing self-stigma for people with clinical depression living in Chinese society.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	846-857
Number of pages	12
Journal	Research on Social Work Practice
Volume	30
Issue number	8
Early online date	16 Jul 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731520941594
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2020

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cognitive behavior therapy
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randomized controlled trial
self-stigma

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