A meta-(re)analysis of the effects of cognitive therapy versus ‘other therapies’ for depression

Characteristics of effective psychological treatments of depression: a metaregression analysis

“…Another example is the relative efficacy of different types of treatment. As indicated previously, several metaanalyses found superior effects of CBT, but the differences between CBT and other treatments disappeared after controlling for researcher allegiance (Robinson et al, 1990) and when comparisons between CBT and placebo psychological treatments are removed (Wampold et al, 2002). Other examples of issues that have not yet been definitively answered concern the relative efficacy of individual therapy, group therapy, and bibliotherapy; the question of whether treatments are equally effective in all (adult) age groups; and the relationship between treatment duration and outcome.…”

“…Several meta-analyses found that cognitiveÁbeha-vioral therapy (CBT) is more effective than other treatments (Churchill et al, 2001;Gloaguen, Cottraux, Cucherat, & Blackburn, 1998), but another meta-analysis suggested that there is no difference compared with other treatments (Wampold, Minami, Baskin, & Tierney, 2002). Both individual and group treatments are effective in the treatment of depression (Churchill et al, 2001;McDermut, Miller, & Brown, 2001), but individual therapy may be somewhat more effective.…”

Psychological treatment of postpartum depression: a meta‐analysis

“…Despite this broad range of interventions, we did not find indications that effect sizes of the major categories (i.e., cognitive behavior therapy vs. other interventions, social support interventions vs. other interventions) differed from each other. The finding that different types of psychological interventions are about equally effective in the treatment of depression also was noted in other meta-analyses (Churchill et al, 2001;Cuijpers et al, in press;Wampold, Minami, Baskin, & Callen Tierney, 2002). In the general psychotherapy literature, it has been debated for more than three decades now whether psychotherapies are actually equally effective (Cuijpers, 1998;Luborsky, 1995;Luborsky, Singer, & Luborsky, 1975;Shadish & Sweeney, 1991), but no definite answer has been found.…”

Recovery From Depressive Symptoms Over the Course of Physical Therapy: A Prospective Cohort Study of Individuals With Work-Related Orthopaedic Injuries and Symptoms of Depression

“…30,41 In certain cases, these nonspecific effects have been shown to explain more variance in patients' response to treatment than the type of intervention administered. 41,63,64 Together, these findings suggest that, even when physical therapists have not received specialized training in psychological interventions, nonspecific aspects of their therapeutic approach and the use of interventions that include physical activity may contribute to the effect of their treatments on patients' symptoms of depression.…”