Combining pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy or monotherapy for major depression? A meta-analysis on the long-term effects

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 194, Issue , 2016, Pages 144-152

  Karyotaki, E ^a   Smit, Y ^b   Holdt Henningsen, K ^c   Huibers, M J H ^a   Robays, J ^d   De Beurs, D ^a   Cuijpers, P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Independant Researcher ^*  (Netherlands)

^c ME TA DK   (Denmark)

^d BELGIAN HEALTH CARE KNOWLEDGE CENTRE KCE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; META ANALYSIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84956739107     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.01.036     Document Type: Review

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