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Yan Luo et al. Psychol Med. 2023 Jul.

. 2023 Jul;53(9):4300-4301.

doi: 10.1017/S0033291722002057. Epub 2022 Jul 8.

¹ Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior, School of Public Health in the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

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Keywords: Cognitive-behavioral therapy; depression; effect size; result interpretation; standardized mean difference.

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