Narrative Therapy vs. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for moderate depression: Empirical evidence from a controlled clinical trial

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 662-674

  Lopes, Rodrigo T ^a   Gonçalves, Miguel M ^a   Machado, Paulo P P ^a   Sinai, Dana ^b   Bento, Tiago ^c   Salgado, João ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF MAIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; depression; Empirically Supported Therapy (EST); Narrative Therapy; psychological treatment of depression; treatment of depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATIVE THERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908482166     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2013.874052     Document Type: Article

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