Browsing by Subject "psykodynaaminen"

In today’s health-care, evidence-based medicine is practised, which means that treatment needs to be based on the latest research. Country-specific guidelines, that help to apply latest research into practise, are created to standardize treatment and to ease the work of clinicians. In my thesis I will compare Finnish (käypä hoito) and Canadian (CANMAT) recommendations for psychosocial treatment of depression. Various therapies can be used in the treatment of depression. Cognitive and interpersonal psychotherapies and behavioural activation have the strongest recommendation in the treatment of acute depression. The most clear difference between the recommendations is regarding psychodynamic therapies; In finnish recommendation psychodynamic therapies are seen as effective as other therapies, whereas in Canadian recommendation the grading for it is not as strong. The lack of research on psychodynamic therapies is most likely a major factor in it’s weaker position. The amount of research has increased in recent years and the grading of psychodynamic therapies has improved accordingly in both recommendations. The position of psychodynamic therapies in the treatment of depression is still controversial which can be seen in the difference between Finnish and Canadian recommendations.