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Depression severity does not moderate differences between medication and CBT
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30109
Subject(s) - moderation , depression (economics) , meta analysis , antidepressant , medicine , cognitive behavioral therapy , antidepressant medication , clinical psychology , cognition , psychology , psychiatry , anxiety , social psychology , economics , macroeconomics
A meta‐analysis of 16 studies comparing depression outcomes from antidepressant medication and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in outpatients has concluded that baseline depression severity is not a moderator of differences in outcome between the two treatment approaches. Authors of the meta‐analysis suggest that this indicates that CBT could serve as an effective first‐line treatment even in cases of severe depression.