Comparison of cognitive behavioral therapy and supportive psychotherapy for the treatment of depression following traumatic brain injury: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 467-478

  Ashman, Teresa ^a   Cantor, Joshua B ^b   Tsaousides, Theodore ^b   Spielman, Lisa ^b   Gordon, Wayne ^b  

^a Shepherd Center   (Georgia)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Participation; Psychotherapy; Quality of life; Randomized controlled trials anxiety; Social support; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERPERSONAL SUPPORT EVALUATION LIST; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFE EVENT; LIFE EXPERIENCES SURVEY; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SUPPORTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84918520324     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: 1550509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000098     Document Type: Article

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