Is psychotherapy effective for the treatment of depression in primary care?
This article, written in Dutch, discusses the systematic review by Linde et al. (2015) on the effectiveness of psychological treatments for depressive disorders in primary care.
Summary
The meta-analysis confirms the effectiveness of psychotherapy for the treatment of depression in primary care. It also adds the cautious consideration that patient preference may play a role in the degree of psychotherapy’s effectiveness. This hypothesis still requires further investigation.
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Reference
Van Daele, T. (2015). Psychotherapie effectief voor de behandeling van depressie in de eerste lijn? Minerva: Tijdschrift voor Evidence-based Medicine, 288.