A talking control for use in evaluating the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 433-440

  Serfaty, Marc ^a,b   Csipke, Emese ^a   Haworth, Deborah ^a   Murad, Shahed ^a   King, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Priory Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CBT; Common factor control; Non specific effects; Placebo; Psychotherapy research; RCT

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TALKING CONTROL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959558920     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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