Analysis 2.10. Comparison 2: Cognitive behaviour therapy versus other psychological therapies, Outcome 10: Clinical response at follow-up (short/medium-term

There may be important differences in control conditions currently used in psychotherapy trials.

et al. A systematic review of controlled trials of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of brief psychological treatments for depression. Health Technol Assess 2001;5(35). Health Technology Assessment is indexed in Index Medicus/MEDLINE and Excerpta Medica/ EMBASE. Copies of the Executive Summaries are available from the NCCHTA website (see opposite). Reference lists References and bibliographies from the text of reports of relevant trials and reviews were examined for further RCTs not previously identified, and for papers relating to economic analyses.

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Although the findings were biased by some small positive trials, psychotherapies appear to help depressed youths for the short term, but are no longer significantly favourable at 6-month follow-up.

Analysis 4.3. Comparison 4 Combination therapy versus psychological therapy plus placebo, Outcome 3 Remission by cutoff (post-intervention).

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