Internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy for depression: A feasibility open trial for older adults

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 169-176

  Dear, Blake F ^a   Zou, Judy ^a   Titov, Nickolai ^a   Lorian, Carolyn ^a   Johnston, Luke ^a   Spence, Jay ^a   Anderson, Tracy ^b   Sachdev, Perminder ^b   Brodaty, Henry ^b   Knight, Robert G ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anxiety; depression; geriatric; internet cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT); older adults; open trial; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; E-MAIL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET DELIVERED COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELECONSULTATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873689797     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867412466154     Document Type: Article

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