How effective are cognitive behavior therapies for major depression and anxiety disorders? A meta‐analytic update of the evidence
Overview
This meta-analysis evaluates the effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy for major depression and four anxiety disorders, adjusting for publication bias and trial quality. The authors report large effect sizes when comparing CBT to waiting list controls, but note that effects are smaller when compared to care-as-usual or placebo. The resource concludes that while CBT is likely effective, the overall evidence remains uncertain due to a low proportion of high-quality trials.
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- OpenAlex
- Author
- Pim Cuijpers (Amsterdam Public Health), Ioana A. Cristea (Babeș-Bolyai University), Eirini Karyotaki (Amsterdam Public Health), Mirjam Reijnders (Amsterdam Public Health), Marcus J. H. Huibers (Amsterdam Public Health)
- Published
- 2016-09-22
- OA status
- bronze
- DOI
- 10.1002/wps.20346
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- 574
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BibTeX
@article{allodium:6c7f2876f7364cfd,
title = {How effective are cognitive behavior therapies for major depression and anxiety disorders? A meta‐analytic update of the evidence},
author = {Pim Cuijpers and Ioana A. Cristea and Eirini Karyotaki and Mirjam Reijnders and Marcus J. H. Huibers},
year = {2016},
journal = {OpenAlex},
doi = {10.1002/wps.20346},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20346}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - How effective are cognitive behavior therapies for major depression and anxiety disorders? A meta‐analytic update of the evidence AU - Cuijpers, Pim AU - Cristea, Ioana A. AU - Karyotaki, Eirini AU - Reijnders, Mirjam AU - Huibers, Marcus J. H. PY - 2016 PB - OpenAlex DO - 10.1002/wps.20346 UR - https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20346 ER -
APA
Cuijpers, P., Cristea, I. A., Karyotaki, E., Reijnders, M., & Huibers, M. J. H. (2016). How effective are cognitive behavior therapies for major depression and anxiety disorders? A meta‐analytic update of the evidence. OpenAlex. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20346
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