Effects of a psychological internet intervention in the treatment of mild to moderate depressive symptoms: Results of the evident study, a randomized controlled trial

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 218-228

  Klein, Jan Philipp ⁱ   Berger, Thomas ^j   Schr'der, Johanna ^a   Sp'th, Christina ⁱ   Meyer, Bj'rn ^d,m   Caspar, Franz ^j   Lutz, Wolfgang ^e   Arndt, Alice ^e   Greiner, Wolfgang ^f   Gr'fe, Viola ^f   Hautzinger, Martin ^g   Fuhr, Kristina ^g   Rose, Matthias ^h,n   Nolte, Sandra ^h,o   L'we, Bernd ^b   Andersson, Gerhard ^k,l   Vettorazzi, Eik ^c   Moritz, Steffen ^a   Hohagen, Fritz ⁱ  

^a Departments of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

^b Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d GAIA AG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^f BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^h CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^k LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^l KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^m CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^o DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Cognitive behaviour therapy; Depression; Internet intervention; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84969988352     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000445355     Document Type: Article

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