Treating chronic symptoms of depression in the virtual clinic: Findings on chronicity of depression in patients treated with internet-based computerized cognitive behaviour therapy for depression

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 313-315

  Wiersma, Jenneke E ^a,d   Titov, Nickolai ^c   Van Schaik, Digna J F ^a   Van Oppen, Patricia ^a   Beekman, Aartjan T F ^a   Cuijpers, Pim ^b   Andrews, Gavin A ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d GGZ InGeest   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHRONICITY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 79959640459     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323167     Document Type: Letter

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