A systematic review of comparative efficacy of treatments and controls for depression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Khan, Arif ^a,b   Faucett, James ^a   Lichtenberg, Pesach ^c   Kirsch, Irving ^d,e   Brown, Walter A ^f,g  

^a Northwest Clinical Research Center   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CONTROL; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864424888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041778     Document Type: Article

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