Economic evaluations of Internet interventions for mental health: A systematic review

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 3357-3376

  Donker, T ^a,b,c   Blankers, M ^d   Hedman, E ^e   Ljotsson, B ^e   Petrie, K ^c   Christensen, H ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; cost effectiveness; depression; Internet interventions; substance abuse; suicidal behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERNET; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SUICIDAL IDEATION; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; INTERNET; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84945456748     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291715001427     Document Type: Review

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