Does pretreatment severity moderate the efficacy of psychological treatment of adult outpatient depression? A meta-analysis

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 668-680

  Driessen, Ellen ^a,b   Cuijpers, Pim ^a   Hollon, Steven D ^c   Dekker, Jack J M ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Arkin Mental Health Institute   (Netherlands)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; efficacy; meta analysis; psychological treatment; severity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAXATION TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957763750     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020570     Document Type: Article

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