Indoor rock climbing (bouldering) as a new treatment for depression: Study design of a waitlist-controlled randomized group pilot study and the first results

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Luttenberger, Katharina ^a   Stelzer, Eva Maria ^a   Först, Stefan ^a   Schopper, Matthias ^a   Kornhuber, Johannes ^a   Book, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR ROCK CLIMBING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE ON RESOURCES AND SELF MANAGEMENT SKILL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84939813572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-015-0585-8     Document Type: Article

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