For whom does it work? Moderators of outcome on the effect of a transdiagnostic Internet-based maintenance treatment after inpatient psychotherapy: Randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Ebert, David Daniel ^a,b   Gollwitzer, Mario ^b   Riper, Heleen ^a,c   Cuijpers, Pim ^a,c   Baumeister, Harald ^d,e   Berking, Matthias ^a,b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuation treatment; Guided self help; Internet based intervention; Maintenance treatment; Mental disorders inpatient psychotherapy; Moderators; Predictors; Randomized controlled trial; Relapse prevention; Transdiagnostic treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; CONTINUATION TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUIDED SELF-HELP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET-BASED INTERVENTION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL DISORDERS/INPATIENT PSYCHOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; MODERATORS; PREDICTORS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE PREVENTION; TRANSDIAGNOSTIC TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CONTINUATION TREATMENT; GUIDED SELF-HELP; INTERNET-BASED INTERVENTION; MAINTENANCE TREATMENT; MENTAL DISORDERS/INPATIENT PSYCHOTHERAPY; MODERATORS; PREDICTORS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE PREVENTION; TRANSDIAGNOSTIC TREATMENT;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887925943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2511     Document Type: Article

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