Dolores Gallagher Thompson1, Shelli R Kesler1, Keith Sudheimer2, Kala Mehendra Mehta1, Larry W Thompson1, Renee M Marquett1, Jason M Holland1, Robert Reiser3, Natalie Rasgon1, Alan Schatzberg1, Ruth M O'Hara4. 1. Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA. 2. Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; VA Palo Alto MIRECC (Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center), Palo Alto, CA. 3. Palo Alto University/Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto, CA. 4. Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; VA Palo Alto MIRECC (Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center), Palo Alto, CA. Electronic address: roh@stanford.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To test our hypothesis that pre-treatment executive function and brain regional activation during executive function would discriminate between responders and non-responders to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in elderly depressed outpatients. DESIGN: Clinical cohort study. SETTING: University-affiliated hospital. PARTICIPANTS: Sixty outpatients (age 59 years and older) completed 12 weeks of CBT between July 2010 and December 2011. Forty-four completed fMRI procedures. MEASUREMENTS: The main outcome consisted of a conversion from a clinical diagnosis (Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview) of depression to no clinical diagnosis of depression or a significant improvement in diagnostic criteria. Brain activation measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging during the Wisconsin Card Sorting task (WCST) was the primary predictor variable. RESULTS: 67% of patients had a positive response to CBT. Decreased activation in the left inferior frontal triangle and right superior frontal gyrus as well as increased activity in the right middle frontal gyrus and left superior frontal gyrus predicted a positive response to CBT. Demographic and neurocognitive measures of WCST performance were not significant predictors of a positive CBT outcome, whereas the measure of WCST-induced activity in the prefrontal cortex was a significant predictor. CONCLUSIONS: These data are among the first to suggest that measures of prefrontal brain activation during executive functioning predict response to CBT in older adults. Further exploration of the specific underlying processes that these prefrontal cortical regions are engaging that contributes to better CBT outcomes is warranted in larger, randomized studies.
OBJECTIVES: To test our hypothesis that pre-treatment executive function and brain regional activation during executive function would discriminate between responders and non-responders to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in elderly depressed outpatients. DESIGN: Clinical cohort study. SETTING: University-affiliated hospital. PARTICIPANTS: Sixty outpatients (age 59 years and older) completed 12 weeks of CBT between July 2010 and December 2011. Forty-four completed fMRI procedures. MEASUREMENTS: The main outcome consisted of a conversion from a clinical diagnosis (Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview) of depression to no clinical diagnosis of depression or a significant improvement in diagnostic criteria. Brain activation measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging during the Wisconsin Card Sorting task (WCST) was the primary predictor variable. RESULTS: 67% of patients had a positive response to CBT. Decreased activation in the left inferior frontal triangle and right superior frontal gyrus as well as increased activity in the right middle frontal gyrus and left superior frontal gyrus predicted a positive response to CBT. Demographic and neurocognitive measures of WCST performance were not significant predictors of a positive CBT outcome, whereas the measure of WCST-induced activity in the prefrontal cortex was a significant predictor. CONCLUSIONS: These data are among the first to suggest that measures of prefrontal brain activation during executive functioning predict response to CBT in older adults. Further exploration of the specific underlying processes that these prefrontal cortical regions are engaging that contributes to better CBT outcomes is warranted in larger, randomized studies.
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