What makes self-help interventions effective in the management of depressive symptoms? Meta-analysis and meta-regression

Although self-help interventions are effective in treating depression, less is known about the factors that determine effectiveness (i.e. moderators of effect). This study sought to determine whether the content of self-help interventions, the study populations or aspects of study design were the mo...

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Published in:Psychological medicine 2007-09, Vol.37 (9), p.1217-1228
Main Authors: GELLATLY, JUDITH, BOWER, PETER, HENNESSY, SUE, RICHARDS, DAVID, GILBODY, SIMON, LOVELL, KARINA
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Bias
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical outcomes
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive-behavioral factors
Combined Modality Therapy
Depression
Depression - psychology
Depression - therapy
Depressive Disorder - psychology
Depressive Disorder - therapy
Description
Effectiveness
Effectiveness studies
Humans
Intervention
Medical sciences
Mental depression
Meta-analysis
Moderators
Mood disorders
Multivariate analysis
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care - statistics & numerical data
Patients
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapy, Brief
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic - statistics & numerical data
Recruitment
Research Design - statistics & numerical data
Research methodology
Self Care - psychology
Self help
Selfhelp programmes
Systematic review
Therapy
Treatment outcomes
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