Psychodynamic therapies versus treatment as usual for depression

To examine the effectiveness and acceptability of all psychodynamic therapies compared with treatment as usual/waiting list/attention placebo control conditions for acute depression.
To examine the effectiveness and acceptability of different psychodynamic therapy models (drive/structural, relational and integrative analytic models) compared with treatment as usual/waiting list/attention placebo control conditions for acute depression.
To examine the effectiveness and acceptability of all psychodynamic 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:

11 July 2012

Authors:

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

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Moore THM, Hunot V, Davies P, Caldwell D, Jones H, Lewis G, Churchill R. Psychodynamic therapies versus treatment as usual for depression. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 9. Art. No.: CD008707. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008707