The working alliance in a randomized controlled trial comparing online with face-to-face cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Preschl, Barbara ^a   Maercker, Andreas ^a   Wagner, Birgit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FACE TO FACE COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKING ALLIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TELECONSULTATION;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855186823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-189     Document Type: Article

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