QUESTION Question: How effective are behavioural therapies for depression? METHODS Design: Systematic review with meta-analysis. Index were searched from inception to January 2006 for randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Reference lists of identified studies were hand searched. Study selection and analysis: Two reviewers appraised studies and selected RCTs of behavioural therapy in adults (aged...

Anxiety disorders share the feature of excessive fear, anxiety and related behavioural disturbances. Fear is defined as the emotional response to a real or a perceived imminent threat and anxiety is the anticipation of a future threat. The anxiety disorders covered in this thesis are panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, social phobia, post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety d...

BACKGROUND Interpersonal psychotherapy and cognitive-behavioural therapy are widely accepted as effective treatments for major depression. There is little evidence on how personality disorder or personality traits affect treatment response. AIMS To determine whether personality disorder or traits have an adverse impact on treatment response to interpersonal psychotherapy or cognitive-behaviou...

BACKGROUND Major depression is a common mental health problem in the general population, associated with a substantial impact on quality of life and societal costs. However, many depressed patients in primary care do not receive the care they need. Reason for this is that pharmacotherapy is only effective in severely depressed patients and psychological treatments in primary care are scarce and...

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