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Encompassing a global mental health perspective into psychotherapy research: a critique of approaches to measuring the efficacy of psychotherapy for depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2019

Marianna Purgato ,
Geetha Jayaram ,
Pamela J. Surkan ,
Judith Bass  and
Paul Bolton
Marianna Purgato*
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Psychiatry, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health and Service Evaluation, University of Verona, Verona, Italy Cochrane Global Mental Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Geetha Jayaram
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD,USA Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pamela J. Surkan
Affiliation:
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Judith Bass
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Paul Bolton
Affiliation:
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
*
Author for correspondence: Marianna Purgato, E-mail: marianna.purgato@univr.it
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Depressionglobal mental healthmeta-analysispsychotherapysystematic review

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Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , June 2019 , pp. 275 - 277
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019 

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