How effective are cognitive behavior therapies for major depression and anxiety disorders? A meta-analytic update of the evidence

World Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 245-258

  Cuijpers, Pim ^a,b   Cristea, Ioana A ^c   Karyotaki, Eirini ^a,b   Reijnders, Mirjam ^a,b   Huibers, Marcus J H ^a,b,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavior therapy; generalized anxiety disorder; major depression; meta analysis; panic disorder; publication bias; quality of trials; social anxiety disorder; waiting list control groups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 84988446299     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20346     Document Type: Article

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