When 'e' therapy enters the hospital: Examination of the feasibility and acceptability of SPARX (a cCBT programme) in an adolescent inpatient unit

Advances in Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 286-292

  Bobier, Candace ^a   Stasiak, Karolina ^b   Mountford, Helen ^a   Merry, Sally ^b   Moor, Stephanie ^a,c  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

'e' therapy; Adolescent; Cognitive behaviour therapy; Computer based therapy; Depression; Inpatient

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892503121     PISSN: 18387357     EISSN: 18374905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jamh.2013.11.3.286     Document Type: Article

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