Psychodynamic therapies versus other psychological therapies for depression

Rachel Churchill; Theresa Hm Moore; Philippa Davies; Deborah Caldwell; Hannah Jones; Glyn Lewis; Vivien Hunot

doi:10.1002/14651858.CD008706

Psychodynamic therapies versus other psychological therapies for depression

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010:(9):CD008706. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008706.

Authors

Rachel Churchill¹, Theresa Hm Moore¹, Philippa Davies¹, Deborah Caldwell², Hannah Jones³, Glyn Lewis², Vivien Hunot¹

Affiliations

¹ Academic Unit of Psychiatry, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
² School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
³ Cochrane Schizophrenia Group, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

Abstract

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To examine the effectiveness and acceptability of all psychodynamic therapy approaches compared with all other psychological therapy approaches for acute depression.To examine the effectiveness and acceptability of different psychodynamic therapy approaches (drive/structural, relational and integrative analytic models) compared with all other psychological therapy approaches for acute depression.To examine the effectiveness and acceptability of all psychodynamic therapy approaches compared with different psychological therapy approaches (behavioural, humanistic, integrative, cognitive-behavioural, 'third-wave' CBT) for acute depression.