Psychological interventions for major depression in primary care: a meta-analytic review of randomized controlled trials

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 293-302

  Bortolotti, Biancamaria ^a   Menchetti, Marco ^a   Bellini, Francesca ^a   Montaguti, Milena Barbara ^a   Berardi, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Counseling; Depressive disorder; Family practice; Primary health care; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUVOXAMINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; META ANALYSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FLUVOXAMINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45549084023     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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