Cognitive behavior therapy vs. control conditions, other psychotherapies, pharmacotherapies and combined treatment for depression: a comprehensive meta-analysis including 409 trials with 52,702 patien
This meta-analysis, published in two thousand and twenty-three, brings together randomised trials of cognitive behaviour therapy for depression. The authors searched four bibliographic databases and separated the included trials into subsets for random-effects analyses covering comparisons with control conditions, other psychotherapies and pharmacotherapies, and combined treatment. They describe it as the largest meta-analysis of a specific type of psychotherapy for a mental disorder, and note that trial quality improved over time. This page reports the design and scope of the review only.
This meta-analysis, published in two thousand and twenty-three, brings together randomised trials of cognitive behaviour therapy for depression. The authors searched four bibliographic databases and separated the included trials into subsets for random-effects analyses covering comparisons with control conditions, other psychotherapies and pharmacotherapies, and combined treatment. They describe it as the largest meta-analysis of a specific type of psychotherapy for a mental disorder, and note that trial quality improved over time. This page reports the design and scope of the review only.
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Cognitive behavior therapy vs. control conditions, other psychotherapies, pharmacotherapies and combined treatment for depression: a comprehensive meta-analysis including 409 trials with 52,702 patients (2023). World Psychiatry, 22(1), 105-115. doi:10.1002/wps.21069