Detecting critical decision points in psychotherapy and psychotherapy + medication for chronic depression

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 783-792

  Steidtmann, Dana ^a   Manber, Rachel ^a   Blasey, Christine ^a   Markowitz, John C ^b   Klein, Daniel N ^c   Rothbaum, Barbara O ^d   Thase, Michael E ^e   Kocsis, James H ^f   Arnow, Bruce A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive designs; Chronic depression; psychotherapy for depression; psychotherapy nonremission; receiver operating curve

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEFAZODONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INVENTORY OF DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS SELF REPORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REMISSION; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REMISSION INDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84884559236     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033250     Document Type: Article

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