Psychological interventions to reduce positive symptoms in schizophrenia: systematic review and network meta-analysis

World Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 316-329

  Bighelli, Irene ^a   Salanti, Georgia ^b   Huhn, Maximilian ^a   Schneider Thoma, Johannes ^a   Krause, Marc ^a   Reitmeir, Cornelia ^a   Wallis, Sofia ^a   Schwermann, Felicitas ^a   Pitschel Walz, Gabi ^a   Barbui, Corrado ^c   Furukawa, Toshi A ^d   Leucht, Stefan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cognitive behavioural therapy; network meta analysis; positive symptoms; psychological interventions; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NETWORK META-ANALYSIS; PATIENT DROPOUT; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 85052913040     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20577     Document Type: Article

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