Contradictions, methodological flaws, and potential for misinterpretations in ranking treatments of depression

Nikolas Heim¹, Allan Abbass², Patrick Luyten^{3

4}, Sven Rabung⁵, Christiane Steinert^{1

6}, Falk Leichsenring^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ International Psychoanalytic University (IPU), Berlin, Germany.
² Department of Psychiatry and The Centre for Emotions and Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
³ Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK.
⁵ Department of Psychology, University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria.
⁶ Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
⁷ Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.

Comment

Nikolas Heim et al. Bipolar Disord. 2023 Jun.

. 2023 Jun;25(4):335-336.

doi: 10.1111/bdi.13323. Epub 2023 Mar 27.

Nikolas Heim¹, Allan Abbass², Patrick Luyten^{3

4}, Sven Rabung⁵, Christiane Steinert^{1

6}, Falk Leichsenring^{6

7}

¹ International Psychoanalytic University (IPU), Berlin, Germany.
² Department of Psychiatry and The Centre for Emotions and Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
³ Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK.
⁵ Department of Psychology, University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria.
⁶ Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
⁷ Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.

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Comment on

NICE guideline for depression ranks short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (STTP).
Malhi GS, Bell E, Boyce P, Mulder R, Bassett D, Hamilton A, Morris G, Bryant R, Hazell P, Hopwood M, Lyndon B, Porter R, Singh AB, Murray G. Malhi GS, et al. Bipolar Disord. 2022 Aug;24(5):467-471. doi: 10.1111/bdi.13251. Bipolar Disord. 2022. PMID: 36065569 No abstract available.

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