ReviewThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners1999
Should general practitioners refer patients with major depression to counsellors? A review of current published evidence. Nottingham Counselling and Antidepressants in Primary Care (CAPC) Study Group.
Review in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- On-site mental health workers delivering psychological therapy and psychosocial interventions to patients in primary care: effects on the professional practice of primary care providers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2009Pooled it
- Health e-cards as a means of encouraging help seeking for depression among young adults: randomized controlled trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2009Trial
- Antidepressant drugs and generic counselling for treatment of major depression in primary care: randomised trial with patient preference arms.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2001Trial
- Chronic fatigue in general practice: is counselling as good as cognitive behaviour therapy? A UK randomised trial.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2001Trial
- Treating depression in general practice: factors affecting patients' treatment preferences.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2000Article
- Special clinics are inappropriate for treating depression.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2000Article
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Abstract
Major depression can be treated effectively with antidepressants. However, in the United Kingdom, patients with depression are often referred to counsellors, and surveys indicate that public opinion favours this approach. We carried out a literature review to determine the evidence for the effectiveness of counselling for depression in primary care. Because no studies were identified in which counselling had been evaluated specifically in relation to treating depression, we examined indirect evidence from studies evaluating the overall effectiveness of generic counselling in primary care, and studies evaluating the effectiveness of psychological treatments, other than counselling, for depression. Methodological problems influencing the interpretation of such studies are discussed. We conclude that, while specific psychological treatments have been shown to have equivalent effectiveness as antidepressants, there is currently insufficient evidence to recommend that generic counselling should be used alone in the treatment of patients with major depression.
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