Comparative Efficacy of Seven Psychotherapeutic Interventions for Patients with Depression: A Network Meta-Analysis

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Barth, Jürgen ^a   Munder, Thomas ^a   Gerger, Heike ^a   Nüesch, Eveline ^a,b   Trelle, Sven ^a   Znoj, Hansjörg ^a   Jüni, Peter ^a   Cuijpers, Pim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878278370     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001454     Document Type: Article

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