Predicting depression outcome in mental health treatment: A recursive partitioning analysis

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 675-686

  Berman, Margit I ^a   Hegel, Mark T ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CART; depression; recursive partitioning; treatment combinations; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908468988     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2013.874053     Document Type: Article

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