Efficacy of couple therapy as a treatment for depression: A meta-analysis

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-132

  Barbato, Angelo ^a   D'Avanzo, Barbara ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Controlled clinical trials; Couple distress; Couple therapy; Review; Unipolar depresssion

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MARITAL THERAPY; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CONTROL GROUPS; COUPLES THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 44449171958     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-008-9068-0     Document Type: Article

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