COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY VERSUS SUPPORTIVE THERAPY FOR PERSISTENT POSITIVE SYMPTOMS IN PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS: THE POSITIVE STUDY, A MULTICENTER, PROSPECTIVE, SINGLE-BLIND, RANDOMISED CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL

Cognitive behavioural therapy versus supportive therapy for persistent positive symptoms in psychotic disorders: The POSITIVE Study, a multicenter, prospective, single-blind, randomised controlled clinical trial

Abstract Background It has been demonstrated that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) has a moderate effect on symptom reduction and on general well being of patients suffering from psychosis.However, questions regarding the specific efficacy of CBT, the treatment safety, the cost-effectiveness, and the moderators and mediators of treatment effects

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Market Power in the Czech Banking Sector

This paper estimates the market power in the Czech banking sector during the period 2000 2010.In order to measure the degree of market power in the Czech banking sector, the authors used the Lerner index, the Herfindahl-Hirschman index and the concentration ratio.The Lerner index is applied to data from 15 banks, which covers about 90% of the Czech

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