A comparison of MEmory Specificity Training (MEST) to education and support (ES) in the treatment of recurrent depression: Study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dalgleish, Tim ^a,b   Bevan, Anna ^a,b   McKinnon, Anna ^a,b   Breakwell, Lauren ^a   Mueller, Viola ^a   Chadwick, Isobel ^a   Schweizer, Susanne ^a   Hitchcock, Caitlin ^a   Watson, Peter ^a   Raes, Filip ^c   Jobson, Laura ^a,d   Werner Seidler, Aliza ^a,b  

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

^b CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Depression; Memory specificity training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84904518436     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-293     Document Type: Article

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