Waiting list may be a nocebo condition in psychotherapy trials: A contribution from network meta-analysis

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 181-192

  Furukawa, T A ^a   Noma, H ^b   Caldwell, D M ^c   Honyashiki, M ^a   Shinohara, K ^a   Imai, H ^a   Chen, P ^a   Hunot, V ^c   Churchill, R ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Cognitive therapy; Control groups; placebo; Waiting lists

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DSM-III; DSM-III-R; DSM-IV; EFFECT SIZE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL CARE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM ERROR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT RESISTANT DEPRESSION; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; NOCEBO EFFECT; STANDARDS;

PLACEBO;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; NOCEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 85027928965     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12275     Document Type: Article

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