The three-month effect of mobile internet-based cognitive therapy on the course of depressive symptoms in remitted recurrently depressed patients: Results of a randomized controlled trial

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 90-99

  Kok, Gemma ^a   Burger, Huibert ^a   Riper, Heleen ^b,c,d   Cuijpers, Pim ^b,c,d   Dekker, Jack ^c,e   Van Marwijk, Harm ^c,d   Smit, Filip ^c,d,f   Beck, Aaron ^h   Bockting, Claudi L H ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c Department of Clinical Psychology ^*  (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Arkin Mental Health Institute   (Netherlands)

^f NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive therapy; Internet based therapy; Monitoring; Recurrent depression; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERNET; INVENTORY OF DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMATOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEXT MESSAGING; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84924202096     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000369469     Document Type: Article

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