Comparison of psychological placebo and waiting list control conditions in the assessment of cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder: a meta-analysis

Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 319-331

  Zhu, Zhipei ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Jiang, Jiangling ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Cao, Xinyi ^a   Zhou, Zhirui ^b   Zhang, Tiansong ^c   Li, Chunbo ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI CANCER CENTER   (China)

^c Central Hospital in jing'An District   (China)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; Effectiveness; Generalized anxiety disorder; Meta analysis; Placebo effect; Randomized control trial

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930478293     PISSN: 10020829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11919/j.issn.1002-0829.214173     Document Type: Article

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