LIVES: Personalized Lifestyle Intervention for Patients With Depression

"The lifestyle intervention Coaching on Lifestyle (CooL) (van Rinsum 2018)),formed the basis of LIVE and was adapted to specific dysfunctional elements in depressed patients regarding motivation and self-management.~The focus is on reducing depressive symptoms, enhancing the quality of life and possibly achieving weight loss.~The lifestyle intervention lasts six months, with 13 weekly 1.5 to 2 hour group sessions and five 45 to 60 -minute individual sessions with at least one person from the patient's support network of friends or family (preferably sharing the same household). All sessions end with individual homework exercises, and each session starts with a 10 to 15-minute positive psychology intervention (PPI) and 5 to 15 minutes of physical activity. These sessions are followed by two booster sessions after about two and six months. Groups consist of 4-8 people."