Internet support groups for depression: A 1-year prospective cohort study

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2062-2068

  Houston, Thomas K ^a   Cooper, Lisa A ^a   Ford, Daniel E ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNET; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 0036895438     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.159.12.2062     Document Type: Article

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