Evidence-based treatments for depression and anxiety versus treatment-as-usual: A meta-analysis of direct comparisons

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1304-1312

  Wampold, Bruce E ^a,b   Budge, Stephanie L ^c   Laska, Kevin M ^a   del Re, A C ^a,d   Baardseth, Timothy P ^a   Fluckiger, Christoph ^a,e   Minami, Takuya ^a   Kivlighan, D Martin ^a   Gunn, Wade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MODUM BAD PSYCHIATRIC CENTER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Evidence based treatments; Meta analysis; Treatment as usual

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 80053638263     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2011.07.012     Document Type: Review

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