Methodological aspects of randomized controlled trials of psychotherapy in primary care

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-196

  Scott, Jan ^a   Sensky, Tom ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0037319820     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291702007262     Document Type: Editorial

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