Depression awareness and self-management through the internet: Protocol for an internationally standardized approach

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Arensman, Ella ^a,b   Koburger, Nicole ^c,d   Larkin, Celine ^a   Karwig, Gillian ^a   Coffey, Claire ^a   Maxwell, Margaret ^e   Harris, Fiona ^e   Rummel Kluge, Christine ^c,d   van Audenhove, Chantal ^f   Sisask, Merike ^g,h   Alexandrova Karamanova, Anna ^i,j   Perez, Victor ^k,l   Purebl, György ^m   Cebria, Annabel ^k,l,n   Palao, Diego ^k,n   Costa, Susana ^o   Mark, Lauraliisa ^g,h   Tóth, Mónika Ditta ^m   Gecheva, Marieta ^i,p   Ibelshäuser, Angela ^q   Gusmão, Ricardo ^o,r   Hegerl, Ulrich ^c,d   more..

^a NATIONAL SUICIDE RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d German Depression Foundation   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^f Centre for Sociological Research   (Belgium)

^g Estonian Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute   (Estonia)

^h TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

ⁱ Health Psychology Research Center   (Bulgaria)

^j BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^k UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^l CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^m SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

ⁿ Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí   (Spain)

^o NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

^p Family National Association   (Bulgaria)

^q Society for Mental Health pro mente tirol   (Austria)

^r UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

more..

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; Computerized; Depression; Internet based; Primary care; Self management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973346247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.4358     Document Type: Article

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