1. Effect of Therapy Types on
Depression in Type 1
Diabetics
Sara Norris
Meredith college

2. Past Research
 Pearce et. al (2015)
 Effectiveness between Religious Cognitive-Behavioral
Therapy and Conventional Cognitive-Behavioral
therapy on depression in individuals with chronic
illnesses
 Siddique, Brown, Chung and Miranda (2012)
 Difference between medication therapy and cognitive-
behavioral therapy as treatment for depression
 Dimidjian et. al (2006)
 Effectiveness between medication, cognitive-
behavioral therapy and behavioral activation therapy
for depression

3. Purpose and Hypotheses
 The purpose of the present study was to determine
if there was a difference in effectiveness between
different therapy types
 The hypotheses of the present study was that mean
gain scores for the drug and cognitive-behavioral
therapy condition would be higher than both just
drug and just cognitive-behavioral therapy
conditions

4. Independent and Dependent Variables
• Independent variable: Therapy Type
 Cognitive-Behavioral
 Medication
 Combination
• Dependent Variable: Depression rating

5. Participants
 N = 60
 Aged 18-30
 Type 1 Diabetes and Depressive Disorder
 Participation was voluntary and anonymous and participants were
treated in accordance with the “Ethical Principles of Psychologist
and Code of Conduct” (APA, 2002)

6. Materials
 Beck’s Depression Inventory
 Paxil

7. Materials Example

8. Procedure
• Signed Consent
• Baseline depression measured
• Divided into three groups
 Group 1: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
 Group2: Medication
 Group 3: Combination
• 2 months of Therapy
• Depression level measured
• Debriefed and Released

9. Results
• There was significant difference of mean gain scores for
therapy type F (2, 57) = 122.18, p<.05
• Significant difference between all group pairings

10. Means Table

11. Means Figure

12. ANOVA Table

13. Discussion
Past Research
Limitations of Present Study
Future Research

14. Questions?