Effects of psychological treatment for depression among people not actively seeking help: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Although psychological treatments have been found to be effective for depression in adults, many individuals with depression do not actively seek help. It is currently unclear whether psychological treatments are effective among those not actively seeking help. Besides, little is known about the proportion of patients who completed a screening questionnaire who end up in a clinical trial. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis of 52 randomized trials comparing psychotherapies for adults with a diagnosis or elevated symptoms of depression against control conditions (care-as-usual, waiting list, and other inactive treatment). Only studies recruiting participants who do not actively seek help (participants who have been recruited through screening instead of advertisements and clinical refer

SUBMITTER: Zhao R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9899569 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature