The clinical effectiveness of guided self-help versus waiting-list control in the management of anxiety and depression: A randomized controlled trial

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1633-1643

  Mead, Nicola ^a   MacDonald, Wendy ^a   Bower, Peter ^a   Lovell, Karina ^a   Richards, David ^a   Roberts, Chris ^a   Bucknall, Aidan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF HELP; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ALGORITHM; ANXIETY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CARE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CARE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 27244455537     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329170500560X     Document Type: Article

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