Systematic review and meta-analysis of transdiagnostic psychological treatments for anxiety and depressive disorders in adulthood

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 91-110

  Newby, Jill M ^a   McKinnon, Anna ^b,f   Kuyken, Willem ^d   Gilbody, Simon ^e   Dalgleish, Tim ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   (United Kingdom)

^d WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Meta analysis; Systematic review; Transdiagnostic; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MINDFULNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PUBLISHING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MINDFULNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 84935006388     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2015.06.002     Document Type: Review

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