Effects of Behavioral Activation with Values Work on Symptoms of Postnatal Depression: A Case Report

• Takahashi Fumito

  Institute of Education, Shinshu University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 価値の明確化を伴う行動活性化手続きの産後うつ症状改善効果―症例報告―

Abstract

The present case report describes the process of treatment that included both values work and behavioral activation. A female client with postpartum depression and subsequent major depressive disorder participated in 22 sixty-minute treatment sessions. Values work was conducted in session 2. After that, a behavioral activation approach was provided. The activation plan and homework assignments were decided according to the client's values which had been listed through values work. The results indicated that her Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) score decreased from 29 to 13, her State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait (STAI-T) score decreased from 58 to 38, and her Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II) score increased from 19 to 30, which mean improvement of her depression, trait anxiety, and psychological flexibility, respectively. In addition, the frequency of a valued action, cooking, increased from 0.7 to 2.1 meals per day. These results suggest that a combination of values work and behavioral activation may have been effective for this client with postpartum depression.

Journal

• Japanese Journal of Behavior Therapy

  Japanese Journal of Behavior Therapy 43 (2), 105-114, 2017

  Japanese Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies( JABCT )

Keywords

• behavioral activation
• values work
• depression
• client with postpartum depression
• case report

Details

• CRID: 1390282679811823744
• NII Article ID: 130006187080
• DOI: 10.24468/jjbt.15-147
• ISSN: 24242594
• ISSN: 09106529
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2017321040
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • CiNii Articles
  • KAKEN
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed