Encompassing a global mental health perspective into psychotherapy research: a critique of approaches to measuring the efficacy of psychotherapy for depression

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Psychiatry,WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health and Service Evaluation, University of Verona,Verona,Italy.
² Department of Medicine,Johns Hopkins University,Baltimore, MD,USA.
³ Department of International Health,Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,Baltimore,MD,USA.
⁴ Department of Mental Health,Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,Baltimore,MD,USA.

Marianna Purgato et al. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2019 Jun.

. 2019 Jun;28(3):275-277.

doi: 10.1017/S2045796018000781. Epub 2019 Jan 15.

¹ Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Psychiatry,WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health and Service Evaluation, University of Verona,Verona,Italy.
² Department of Medicine,Johns Hopkins University,Baltimore, MD,USA.
³ Department of International Health,Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,Baltimore,MD,USA.
⁴ Department of Mental Health,Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,Baltimore,MD,USA.

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Keywords: Depression; global mental health; meta-analysis; psychotherapy; systematic review.

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Commentary paper on: MunderT , FlückigerC , LeichsenringF AbbassA HilsenrothM LuytenP , RabungS , SteinertC and WampoldB . Is psychotherapy effective? A re-analysis of treatments for depression. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2018 Jul 30:1–7. doi: 10.1017/S2045796018000355 doi: 10.1017/S2045796018000355

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