When Wait Lists Are not Feasible, Nothing Is a Thing That Does not Need to Be Done

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1159-1168

  Devilly, Grant J ^a   McFarlane, Alexander C ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

clinical meaningfulness; effect size; meta analysis; randomized controlled trials; wait lists

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; EFFECT SIZE; GOLD STANDARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 72649086693     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016878     Document Type: Article

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