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We're sorry, an error occurred. Interpersonal therapy (IPT) for depression is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on the relationships between a person and significant others. It is based on the idea that humans, as social beings, have their personal relationships at the center of psychological problems.
IPT is an efficacious and specific treatment for major depressive disorder in adults. Mufson and Fairbanks found that interpersonal therapy may be useful in the acute treatment of adolescents with major depressive disorder and that the rate of relapse is relatively low after acute IPT.