Effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural therapy: a protocol for an overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) is a psychological therapy that has been used to improve patient well-being across multiple mental and physical health problems. Its effectiveness has been examined in thousands of randomised control trials that have been synthesised into hundreds of systematic reviews. The aim of this overview is to map, synthesise and assess the reliability of evidence generated from these systematic reviews of the effectiveness of CBT across all health conditions, patient groups and settings.

Methods and analysis

We will run our search strategy, to identify systematic reviews of CBT, within the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, the Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews, MEDLINE, Embase, PsycInfo, CINAHL, Child Development and Ad

SUBMITTER: Fordham B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6303684 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature