Efficacy of a web-based, crowdsourced peer-to-peer cognitive reappraisal platform for depression: Randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Morris, Robert R ^a   Schueller, Stephen M ^b   Picard, Rosalind W ^a  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; Crowdsourcing; Depression; Mental health; Randomized controlled trial; Social networks; Web based intervention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDSOURCING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROWDSOURCING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929670107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4167     Document Type: Article

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