What we know, what we do not know, and where are we heading? Efficacy and acceptability of psychological interventions for depression

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 301-308

  Solomonov, N ^a   Barber, J P ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour therapy; cognitive therapy; depression; evidence based psychiatry; psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapies

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO;

BEHAVIOR ACTIVATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DROP OUT RATE; DRUG EFFICACY; EMOTION FOCUSED THERAPY; ENDURANCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY; LONG TERM DYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MONOTHERAPY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROBLEM SOLVING THERAPY; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMISSION; REVIEW; SHORT TERM DYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; STEPWISE SEQUENTIAL MODEL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT AS USUAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84943751860     PISSN: 20457960     EISSN: 20457979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2045796015000815     Document Type: Review

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