Transdiagnostic treatment of depression and anxiety: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the past 10 years an increasing number of randomised trials have examined the effects of transdiagnostic treatments of patients with depression or anxiety. We conducted the first comprehensive meta-analysis of the outcomes of this emerging field.

Methods

We used the searches in PubMed, PsychINFO, Embase and the Cochrane library of an existing database of randomised trials of psychological interventions for depression to identify studies comparing a transdiagnostic treatment of patients with depression or anxiety with a control group (deadline 1 January 2022). We conducted random-effects meta-analyses and examined the effects on depression and anxiety at the short and longer term.

Results

We included 45 randomised controlled trials with 51 comparisons bet

SUBMITTER: Cuijpers P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10600931 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature