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Jumping to negative conclusions – a case of study-gathering bias?

A reply by the developers of metacognitive training (MCT) to the meta-analysis of van Oosterhout et al. (2015)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 October 2015

S. Moritz ,
D. Werner ,
M. Menon ,
R. P. Balzan  and
T. S. Woodward
S. Moritz*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
D. Werner
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Methods and Statistics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
M. Menon
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
R. P. Balzan
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
T. S. Woodward
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada BC Mental Health and Addictions Research Institute, Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
*
*Address for correspondence: S. Moritz, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. (Email: moritz@uke.de)
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Meta-analysesmetacognitive trainingpsychosispsychotherapy
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Invited Commentary
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 46 , Issue 1 , January 2016 , pp. 59 - 61
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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