The Dodo Bird Verdict - Controversial, inevitable and important: A commentary on 30 years of meta-analyses

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 510-522

  Budd, Rick ^a   Hughes, Ian ^b  

^a Ludlow Street Healthcare ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dodo Bird Verdict; Meta analysis; Psychotherapy, CBT

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MENTAL DISORDERS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 71749109419     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.648     Document Type: Note

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