Short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy versus treatment as usual for depressive and anxiety disorders: A randomized clinical trial of efficacy

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 198, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 647-652

  Bressi, Cinzia ^a   Porcellana, Matteo ^b   Marinaccio, Paola Marianna ^a   Nocito, Emanuela Paola ^a   Magri, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

anxiety disorders; depressive disorders; longitudinal study; outcome; Psychodynamic psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; DULOXETINE; ESCITALOPRAM; LORAZEPAM; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT TERM PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957055385     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181ef3ebb     Document Type: Article

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