Internet-delivered treatment: Its potential as a low-intensity community intervention for adults with symptoms of depression: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Richards, Derek ^a,b   Timulak, Ladislav ^b   Doherty, Gavin ^b   Sharry, John ^c   Colla, Amy ^a   Joyce, Ciara ^a   Hayes, Claire ^d  

^a SilverCloud Health The Priory   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d Aware Charity Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

CBT; Depression; Internet delivered; Online interventions; Randomized trial; Symptoms; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRELAND; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84901585400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-147     Document Type: Article

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