Evaluating an e-mental health program (" deprexis") as adjunctive treatment tool in psychotherapy for depression: Design of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Krieger, Tobias ^a   Meyer, Björn ^b,c   Sude, Kerstin ^d   Urech, Antoine ^a   Maercker, Andreas ^e   Berger, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b GAIA AG   (Germany)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Deutsche PsychotherapeutenVereinigung   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adjunctive treatment tool; Depression; Internet based treatment; Randomized controlled trial (RCT)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; E MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; WEB SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; TELECONSULTATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908091989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-014-0285-9     Document Type: Article

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