The Y-Worri Project: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Calear, Alison L ^a   Christensen, Helen ^b   Griffiths, Kathleen M ^a   MacKinnon, Andrew ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anxiety; Online; Prevention; School

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERNET PROTOCOL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HYGIENE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOM; TEACHER; Y WORRI PROJECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875069964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-76     Document Type: Article

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