Computerised CBT for depressed adolescents: Randomised controlled trial

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 73, Issue , 2015, Pages 104-110

  Smith, Patrick ^a,b   Scott, Rebecca ^a   Eshkevari, Ertimiss ^a   Jatta, Fatoumata ^a   Leigh, Eleanor ^a,b   Harris, Victoria ^a   Robinson, Alex ^a   Abeles, Paul ^c   Proudfoot, Judy ^d   Verduyn, Chrissie ^c   Yule, William ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Computerised CBT; Depression; RCT

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; THERAPY EFFECT; THINKING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84939614115     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2015.07.009     Document Type: Article

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