Guided self-help concreteness training as an intervention for major depression in primary care: A Phase II randomized controlled trial

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1359-1371

  Watkins, E R ^a   Taylor, R S ^a   Byng, R ^b   Baeyens, C ^a   Read, R ^a   Pearson, K ^a   Watson, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive training; depression; guided self help; randomized controlled trial; rumination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; THINKING;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RELAXATION THERAPY; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THINKING;

EID: 84861453705     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711002480     Document Type: Article

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