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The efficacy of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy in treating depressive and anxiety disorders: a meta-analysis of direct comparisons

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A meta‐analysis of studies in which psychotherapy and antidepressant medication were directly compared in the treatment of depressive and anxiety disorders found that pharmacotherapy was significantly more efficacious than psychotherapy in dysthymia, and psychotherapy wasificantly more efficacity than pharmacotherapy in obsessive‐compulsive disorder.
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This article is published in World Psychiatry.The article was published on 2013-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 378 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Anxiety & Pharmacotherapy.

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Online-/Internet-Programme zur Psychotherapie bei Depression - eine Zwischenbilanz

G. Laux
TL;DR: In the face of the gap between de- mand of psychotherapy and limited availabili- ty internet-based psychological treatments for depression play an increasingly important role in Germany and Austria as discussed by the authors.

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Comparison of Residual Depressive Symptoms, Functioning, and Quality of Life Between Patients with Recurrent Depression and First Episode Depression After Acute Treatment in China.

TL;DR: In this article, a prospective study aimed to investigate the prognosis and rehabilitation of patients with recurrent depression and first-episode depression after acute treatment in China, and all patients were followed up for 6 months after 6 months of acute treatment.

What are They Thinking? Examining Complex Links Among Social Withdrawal, Maladaptive Cognitions, and Internalizing Problems in Children and Emerging Adults

Laura L. Ooi
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined a conceptual model linking social withdrawal, maladaptive cognitions, and internalizing difficulties in childhood and emerging adulthood and found that negative cognitions were positively associated with both social anxiety and depressive symptoms.
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A retrospective examination of care pathways in individuals with treatment-resistant depression.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the extent and nature of treatment gaps experienced by patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) across three cities in the UK and explored participant characteristics associated with the extent of treatment gap experienced.
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