Cognitive behavioral therapy for depression in older people: A meta-analysis and meta-regression of randomized controlled trials

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1817-1830

  Gould, Rebecca L ^a   Coulson, Mark C ^b   Howard, Robert J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognitive behavioral therapy; depression; meta analysis; older people

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867504255     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04166.x     Document Type: Review

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