Brief psychotherapy for depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-151

  Nieuwsma, Jason A ^a   Trivedi, Ranak B ^b   McDuffie, Jennifer ^a   Kronish, Ian ^c   Benjamin, Dinesh ^d   Williams, John W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d Carolina Behavioral Care   (United States)

Author keywords

brief; depression; meta analysis; primary healthcare; psychotherapy; review; systematic

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862504381     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.43.2.c     Document Type: Article

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