The contribution of active medication to combined treatments of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for adult depression: A meta-analysis

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 415-423

  Cuijpers, P ^a   Van Straten, A ^a   Hollon, S D ^b   Andersson, G ^c,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Combined treatment; Depression; Major depression disorder; Meta analysis; Pharmacotherapy; Psychological treatment; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CITALOPRAM; DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; NEFAZODONE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PLACEBO; SERTRALINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EFFECT SIZE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951895417     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01513.x     Document Type: Review

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