Little Treatments, Promising Effects? Meta-Analysis of Single-Session Interventions for Youth Psychiatric Problems

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 107-115

  Schleider, Jessica L ^a   Weisz, John R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child mental health; intervention; meta analysis; single session intervention

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERIC DATABASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; JUVENILE; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROQUEST DATABASE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCINFO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCIENCEDIRECT; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE SESSION INTERVENTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; PROCEDURES; SHORT TERM PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF;

EID: 85008226094     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.11.007     Document Type: Review

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