The symptom-specific efficacy of antidepressant medication vs. cognitive behavioral therapy in the treatment of depression: results from an individual patient data meta-analysis

World Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 183-191

  Boschloo, Lynn ^a,b   Bekhuis, Ella ^b   Weitz, Erica S ^a   Reijnders, Mirjam ^a   DeRubeis, Robert J ^c   Dimidjian, Sona ^d   Dunner, David L ^e   Dunlop, Boadie W ^f   Hegerl, Ulrich ^g   Hollon, Steven D ^h   Jarrett, Robin B ⁱ   Kennedy, Sidney H ^j   Miranda, Jeanne ^k   Mohr, David C ^l   Simons, Anne D ^m   Parker, Gordon ⁿ   Petrak, Frank ^o   Herpertz, Stephan ^o   Quilty, Lena C ^j,p   John Rush, A ^q,r,s   Segal, Zindel V ^j   Vittengl, Jeffrey R ^t   Schoevers, Robert A ^b   Cuijpers, Pim ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e Mercer Island   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^h VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^o RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^p CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^q DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^r DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^s TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^t TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

antidepressant medication; cognitive behavioral therapy; depressed mood; Depression; depressive symptoms; feelings of guilt; general somatic symptoms; precision psychiatry; psychic anxiety; suicidal thoughts

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 85065439585     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20630     Document Type: Article

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