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We thank Dr. Hoelzel for his insightful comment and apologize that our wording might have lead to misinterpretations. The evidence for the effectiveness of psychological depression treatments in primary care is indeed strongly predominated by cognitive-behavioral approaches. Within the analyzed set of trials, effectiveness of the psychological interventions did not seem to vary systematically according to the theoretica...
Competing Interests: None declared. - Remarks to "Effectiveness of Psychological Treatments for Depressive Disorders in Primary Care: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" by Klaus Linde et al.Show More
The systematic review by Linde et al. summarizes the evidence on psychological treatments in adult depressed primary care patients - a topic of major importance. In their methodologically sound analyses, the authors found evidence that psychological treatments are effective in depressed primary care patients and no evidence for clear differences in outcome between the investigated treatment concepts.
Although th...
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