Can Low-Cost Strategies Improve Attendance Rates in Brief Psychological Therapy? Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1139-1152

  Delgadillo, Jaime ^a,b   Moreea, Omar ^a   Murphy, Elizabeth ^c   Ali, Shehzad ^b   Swift, Joshua K ^d  

^a LEEDS COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Dropout; Guided self help; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; SHORT TERM PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXT MESSAGING;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84983142802     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22228     Document Type: Article

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