Component studies of psychological treatments of adult depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 15-29

  Cuijpers, Pim ^a,b   Cristea, Ioana A ^c   Karyotaki, Eirini ^a,b   Reijnders, Mirjam ^a,b   Hollon, Steven D ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

additive study; component study; depression; dismantling study; meta analysis; specific and nonspecific mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 85033403870     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2017.1395922     Document Type: Article

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