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Cognitive behavioural therapies versus treatment as usual for depression

Hunot V, Moore THM, Caldwell D, Davies P, Jones H, Furukawa TA, Lewis G, Churchill R
Published Online: 
September 8, 2010
This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:
  1. To examine the effectiveness and acceptability of all cognitive behavioural therapies compared with treatment as usual/waiting list/attention placebo control conditions for acute depression.
  2. To examine the effectiveness and acceptability of different cognitive behavioural therapy models (cognitive therapy, rational emotive behaviour therapy, problem-solving therapy, self-control therapy and the Coping with Depression course) compared with treatment as usual/waiting list/attention placebo control conditions for acute depression.
  3. To examine the effectiveness and acceptability of all cognitive behavioural therapies compared with different types of comparator (standard care, no treatment, waiting list, attention placebo) for acute depression.
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Primary Review Group: 
Depression, Anxiety and Neurosis Group

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