Combining imagination and reason in the treatment of depression: A randomized controlled trial of internet-based cognitive-bias modification and internet-CBT for depression

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 793-799

  Williams, Alishia D ^a,b   Blackwell, Simon E ^c   Mackenzie, Anna ^b   Holmes, Emily A ^c   Andrews, Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive bias modification (CBM); depression; Internet based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT); interpretation bias; major depressive disorder; mental imagery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTERIZED COGNITIVE BIAS MODIFICATION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERNET BASED COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTERNET; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84879377206     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033247     Document Type: Article

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