Published Online:
September 8, 2010
This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:
- To examine the effectiveness and acceptability of all humanistic therapies compared with all other psychological therapy approaches for acute depression.
- To examine the effectiveness and acceptability of different humanistic therapy models (person-centred, gestalt, process-experiential, transactional analysis, existential and non-directive therapies) compared with all other psychological therapy approaches for acute depression.
- To examine the effectiveness and acceptability of all humanistic therapies compared with different psychological therapy approaches (psychodynamic, behavioural, humanistic, integrative, cognitive-behavioural) for acute depression.