A randomized controlled trial of an internet-delivered treatment: Its potential as a low-intensity community intervention for adults with symptoms of depression

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-31

  Richards, D ^a,b   Timulak, L ^b   O'Brien, E ^a   Hayes, C ^c   Vigano, N ^a   Sharry, J ^a   Doherty, G ^b  

^a The Priory ^*  (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Aware Charity Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

CBT; Depression; Internet delivered; Online interventions; Population health; Randomized trial; Symptoms; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANXIETY DISORDER MEASURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND HISTORY QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WORK AND SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT SCALE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84945549960     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2015.10.005     Document Type: Article

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