A Preliminary Study: Efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy versus Sertraline as First-line Treatments for Major Depressive Disorder

Mindfulness

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 475-482

  Eisendrath, Stuart J ^a   Gillung, Erin ^a   Delucchi, Kevin ^a   Mathalon, Daniel H ^b   Yang, Tony T ^a   Satre, Derek D ^a,c   Rosser, Rebecca ^a   Sipe, Walter E B ^a   Wolkowitz, Owen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Cognitive therapy; Major depressive disorder; Meditation; Mindfulness; Sertraline

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929146613     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-014-0280-8     Document Type: Article

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