Evaluation of a spirituality informed e-mental health tool as an intervention for major depressive disorder in adolescents and young adults - a randomized controlled pilot trial

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Rickhi, Badri ^a,b   Kania Richmond, Ania ^b   Moritz, Sabine ^c   Cohen, Jordan ^b,d,e   Paccagnan, Patricia ^a   Dennis, Charlotte ^a   Liu, Mingfu ^f   Malhotra, Sonya ^b   Steele, Patricia ^a   Toews, John ^a,b  

^a Canadian Institute of Natural and Integrative Medicine   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^d FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e Mental health Urgent Services ^*  (Canada)

^f ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PARALLEL DESIGN; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPIRITUAL HEALING; TELEMEDICINE; THERAPY EFFECT; WELLBEING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; E-COUNSELING; INTERNET; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISTANCE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPIRITUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84951758214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-015-0968-x     Document Type: Article

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