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The Efficacy of Group Therapy for Depression

A Review of the Literature

University of California, Berkeley

Addie Fuhriman

University of Utah

This article reviews the empirical research on the efficacy of group therapy for depressive disorders from 1970 to 1986. The review was undertaken in light of a multidimensional classification system designed to clarify differences between conceptual and measurement parameters of the various studies. The results suggest that group interventions have shortterm efficacy in the alleviation of depressive symptomatology with an outpatient population. Although more research needs to be done before definitive conclusions can be drawn, the availablefollow-up data suggest that lasting well-being would be anticipated following successful group inten'ention. As there was nofocus on the process-outcome interaction, no conclusions could be drawn about factors responsible for the positive outcome found.

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