Self-guided psychological treatment for depressive symptoms: A meta-analysis

'Self-guided psychological treatment for depressive symptoms

This meta-analysis, described by its authors as the first quantitative one on the topic, covers trials of self-guided psychological intervention with no contact between participants and a therapist or coach. The authors searched three databases up to early two thousand and ten and identified seven randomised controlled trials with a total of over a thousand respondents. This page reports the design and scope of the review only.

This meta-analysis, described by its authors as the first quantitative one on the topic, covers trials of self-guided psychological intervention with no contact between participants and a therapist or coach. The authors searched three databases up to early two thousand and ten and identified seven randomised controlled trials with a total of over a thousand respondents. This page reports the design and scope of the review only.

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Self-guided psychological treatment for depressive symptoms: A meta-analysis (2011). PLOS ONE, 6(6), e21274