Influence of initial severity of depression on effectiveness of low intensity interventions: Meta-analysis of individual patient data

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7899, 2013, Pages

  Bower, Peter ^a   Kontopantelis, Evangelos ^a   Sutton, Alex ^b   Kendrick, Tony ^c   Richards, David A ^d   Gilbody, Simon ^c   Knowles, Sarah ^a   Cuijpers, Pim ^e   Andersson, Gerhard ^f,g   Christensen, Helen ^h   Meyer, Björn ^i,j   Huibers, Marcus ^k,l   Smit, Filip ^m   Van Straten, Annemieke ^e   Warmerdam, Lisanne ^e   Barkham, Michael ⁿ   Bilich, Linda ^o   Lovell, Karina ^a   Liu, Emily Tung Hsueh ^p  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

ⁱ GAIA AG   (Germany)

^j CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^l MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^m VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^p FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; SELF HELP; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84875166385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f540     Document Type: Article

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