A comparison of depressed patients in randomized versus nonrandomized trials of antidepressant medication and psychotherapy

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 666-673

  Kushner, Shauna C ^a   Quilty, Lena C ^a   McBride, Carolina ^a   Bagby, R Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Generalizability; Major depressive disorder; RCTs; Representativeness

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67650097020     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20566     Document Type: Article

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