Reducing suicidal thoughts in the Australian general population through web-based self-help: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  van Spijker, Bregje ^a,b   Calear, Alison L ^a   Batterham, Philip J ^a   Mackinnon, Andrew J ^c   Gosling, John A ^a   Kerkhof, Ad ^d   Solomon, Daniela ^b   Christensen, Helen ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; Internet; Randomized controlled trial; Self help; Suicidal ideation; Suicidal thoughts; Web based

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT WORRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUMINATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF HELP; SUICIDAL IDEATION; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SAMPLE SIZE; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84924347873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0589-1     Document Type: Article

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