Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 319-324 , May 2010

A new scale for assessing the quality of randomized clinical trials of psychotherapy

  • James H. Kocsis

      Affiliations

    • Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 212 7465913; fax: +1 212 7465913.
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  • Andrew J. Gerber

      Affiliations

    • Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
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  • Barbara Milrod

      Affiliations

    • Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA
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  • Steven P. Roose

      Affiliations

    • Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
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  • Jacques Barber

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Michael E. Thase

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Patrick Perkins

      Affiliations

    • Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA
    • ,
  • Andrew C. Leon

      Affiliations

    • Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA

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 Previous presentation: Portions of this work were presented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May 22, 2006, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the American Psychoanalytic Association 2006 Winter Meeting. January 13, 2006, New York, NY.

PII: S0010-440X(09)00081-9

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.07.001

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 319-324 , May 2010

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