Who benefits from psychotherapies for adult depression? A meta-analytic update of the evidence

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 91-106

  Cuijpers, Pim ^a   Karyotaki, Eirini ^a   Reijnders, Mirjam ^a   Huibers, Marcus J H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTOR; STUDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85040974428     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: 16512316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2017.1420098     Document Type: Review

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