The clinical effectiveness of counselling in primary care: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-215

  Bower, Peter ^a,b,c   Rowland, N ^a,b,c   Hardy, R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037319832     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291702006979     Document Type: Review

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