Trajectories of depression and anxiety symptom change during psychological therapy

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 249, Issue , 2019, Pages 327-335

  Saunders, Rob ^a   Buckman, Joshua E J ^a,b   Cape, John ^a   Fearon, Pasco ^a   Leibowitz, Judy ^b   Pilling, Stephen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMDEN AND ISLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; IAPT; Latent class growth analysis; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADULT; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85061808842     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.02.043     Document Type: Article

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