The effectiveness of SPARX, a computerised self help intervention for adolescents seeking help for depression: Randomised controlled non-inferiority trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7857, 2012, Pages

  Merry, Sally N ^a   Stasiak, Karolina ^a   Shepherd, Matthew ^a   Frampton, Chris ^b   Fleming, Theresa ^a   Lucassen, Mathijs F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF HELP; SMART POSITIVE ACTIVE REALISTIC X FACTOR THOUGHT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; VALIDITY; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RECREATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861516992     PISSN: 17561833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e2598     Document Type: Article

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