Internet-based CBT for depression with and without telephone tracking in a national helpline: Randomised controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Farrer, Louise ^a   Christensen, Helen ^a   Griffiths, Kathleen M ^a   Mackinnon, Andrew ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELETHERAPY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; TELEPHONE;

EID: 82355161900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028099     Document Type: Article

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