Experiences of guided Internet-based cognitive-behavioural treatment for depression: A qualitative study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bendelin, Nina ^a   Hesser, Hugo ^a   Dahl, Johan ^a   Carlbring, Per ^b   Nelson, Karin Z ^a   Andersson, Gerhard ^a,c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive behaviour therapy; Depression; Internet treatment; Self help

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF HELP; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79959639820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-107     Document Type: Article

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