Trial for the Prevention of Depression (TriPoD) in final-year secondary students: Study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Perry, Yael ^a   Calear, Alison L ^b   Mackinnon, Andrew ^c   Batterham, Philip J ^b   Licinio, Julio ^d   King, Catherine ^a   Thomsen, Noel ^a   Scott, Jan ^e   Donker, Tara ^f   Merry, Sally ^g   Fleming, Theresa ^g   Stasiak, Karolina ^g   Werner Seidler, Aliza ^a   Christensen, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adolescents; CBT; Computerised CBT; Depression; EHealth; Prevention; RCT; School

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PARENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STUDENT; TIME FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEW SOUTH WALES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84944061954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0929-1     Document Type: Article

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