Bounce back now! protocol of a population-based randomized controlled trial to examine the efficacy of a web-based intervention with disaster-affected families

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 138-149

  Ruggiero, Kenneth J ^a,b   Davidson, Tatiana M ^a,c   McCauley, Jenna ^c   Gros, Kirstin Stauffacher ^b   Welsh, Kyleen ^b,c   Price, Matthew ^d   Resnick, Heidi S ^c   Danielson, Carla Kmett ^c   Soltis, Kathryn ^a,c   Galea, Sandro ^e   Kilpatrick, Dean G ^c   Saunders, Benjamin E ^c   Nissenboim, Josh ^f   Muzzy, Wendy ^a,b   Fleeman, Anna ^g   Amstadter, Ananda B ^h  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e Center for Research on Emotion Stress and Technology University of Vermont ^*  (United States)

^f Fuzzco Inc   (United States)

^g Abt SRBI   (United States)

^h VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Disaster mental health; Population based research; Web intervention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EVALUATION STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SELF HELP; STUDY DESIGN; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TORNADO; UNITED STATES; ADULT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR, HUMAN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DISASTERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TORNADOES;

EID: 84918566656     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2014.11.018     Document Type: Article

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