Humanistic therapies versus treatment as usual for depression

To examine the effectiveness and acceptability of all humanistic therapies compared with treatment as usual/waiting list/attention placebo control conditions for acute depression.
To examine the effectiveness and acceptability of different humanistic therapy models (person-centred, gestalt, process-experiential, transactional analysis, existential and non-directive therapies) compared with treatment as usual/waiting list/attention placebo control conditions for acute depression.
To examine the effectiveness and acceptability of all humanistic therapies compared with different types of comparator (standard care, no treatment, waiting list, attention placebo) for acute depression.

This is a protocol.

Health topics:

Mental health > Depression > Depressive disorders & major depression

Published:

15 August 2012

Authors:

Davies P, Hunot V, Moore THM, Caldwell D, Jones H, Lewis G, Churchill R

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Davies P, Hunot V, Moore THM, Caldwell D, Jones H, Lewis G, Churchill R. Humanistic therapies versus treatment as usual for depression. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 9. Art. No.: CD008701. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008701