Article Text
PDF
Statistics from Altmetric.com
QUESTION
What is the effectiveness of different types of psychological therapy in adults with depression?
REVIEW SCOPE
Included studies were randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that directly compared different types of psychological therapies in adults with a depressive disorder or increased depressive symptoms. Only psychological therapies that had been evaluated in ⩾5 RCTs were included. Outcomes were depression symptom scores.
REVIEW METHODS
PubMed, PsycINFO, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (all to May 2007); 22 meta-analyses; and reference lists were searched for RCTs. 53 RCTs were included. 7 types of therapy were evaluated in ⩾5 RCTs: cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT, 38 RCTs, 56 comparisons), non-directive supportive therapy (21 RCTs, 31 comparisons), behavioural activation therapy (15 RCTs, 21 …
Footnotes
Source of funding: no external funding.
Request Permissions
If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.