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| Title |
The efficacy of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy in treating depressive and anxiety disorders: a meta‐analysis of direct comparisons
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| Published in |
World Psychiatry, June 2013
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| DOI | 10.1002/wps.20038 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Pim Cuijpers, Marit Sijbrandij, Sander L. Koole, Gerhard Andersson, Aartjan T. Beekman, Charles F. Reynolds |
| Abstract |
Although psychotherapy and antidepressant medication are efficacious in the treatment of depressive and anxiety disorders, it is not known whether they are equally efficacious for all types of disorders, and whether all types of psychotherapy and antidepressants are equally efficacious for each disorder. We conducted a meta-analysis of studies in which psychotherapy and antidepressant medication were directly compared in the treatment of depressive and anxiety disorders. Systematic searches in bibliographical databases resulted in 67 randomized trials, including 5,993 patients that met inclusion criteria, 40 studies focusing on depressive disorders and 27 focusing on anxiety disorders. The overall effect size indicating the difference between psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy after treatment in all disorders was g=0.02 (95% CI: -0.07 to 0.10), which was not statistically significant. Pharmacotherapy was significantly more efficacious than psychotherapy in dysthymia (g=0.30), and psychotherapy was significantly more efficacious than pharmacotherapy in obsessive-compulsive disorder (g=0.64). Furthermore, pharmacotherapy was significantly more efficacious than non-directive counseling (g=0.33), and psychotherapy was significantly more efficacious than pharmacotherapy with tricyclic antidepressants (g=0.21). These results remained significant when we controlled for other characteristics of the studies in multivariate meta-regression analysis, except for the differential effects in dysthymia, which were no longer statistically significant. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 33 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 12% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 9% |
| Norway | 3 | 9% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 3% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 3% |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 1 | 3% |
| Mexico | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 17 | 52% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 23 | 70% |
| Scientists | 6 | 18% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 12% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 746 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 734 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 119 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 106 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 87 | 12% |
| Researcher | 84 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 52 | 7% |
| Other | 113 | 15% |
| Unknown | 185 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 269 | 36% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 118 | 16% |
| Neuroscience | 28 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 22 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 20 | 3% |
| Other | 68 | 9% |
| Unknown | 221 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 78. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 April 2023.
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#133
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#3,917
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#3
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