Psychological treatment of late‐life depression: a meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials

@article{Cuijpers2006PsychologicalTO,
  title={Psychological treatment of late‐life depression: a meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials},
  author={Pim Cuijpers and Annemieke van Straten and Filip Smit},
  journal={International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry},
  year={2006},
  volume={21}
}
Older meta‐analyses of the effects of psychological treatments for depression in older adults have found that these treatments have large effects. However, these earlier meta‐analyses also included non‐randomized studies, and did not include newer high‐quality randomized controlled trials. 
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