The efficacy of a brief internet-based self-help intervention for the bereaved

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 359-367

  van der Houwen, Karolijne ^a   Schut, Henk ^b   van den Bout, Jan ^b   Stroebe, Margaret ^b   Stroebe, Wolfgang ^b  

^a STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Grief; Internet; Intervention; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; E-MAIL; FEMALE; GRIEF; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LONELINESS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; WRITING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TELEMEDICINE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952541010     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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