Comparative efficacy and acceptability of psychotherapies for depression in children and adolescents: A systematic review and network meta-analysis

World Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 207-222

  Zhou, Xinyu ^a   Hetrick, Sarah E ^b   Cuijpers, Pim ^c   Qin, Bin ^a   Barth, Jürgen ^d   Whittington, Craig J ^e   Cohen, David ^f   Del Giovane, Cinzia ^g   Liu, Yiyun ^a   Michael, Kurt D ^h   Zhang, Yuqing ^a   Weisz, John R ⁱ   Xie, Peng ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^h APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; children; cognitive behavioral therapy; depression; interpersonal therapy; network meta analysis; play therapy; problem solving therapy; psychodynamic therapy; Psychotherapies; waitlist

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DEPRESSION; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL THERAPY; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLAY THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING THERAPY; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SUPPORTIVE THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84930441539     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20217     Document Type: Article

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