Investigating the (cost-) effectiveness of attention bias modification (ABM) for outpatients with major depressive disorder (MDD): A randomized controlled trial protocol

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ferrari, Gina R A ^a,b   Becker, Eni S ^a   Smit, Filip ^c,d,e   Rinck, Mike ^a   Spijker, Jan ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Centre for Anxiety Disorders Overwaal   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention bias modification (ABM); Economic evaluation; Major depressive disorder; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION BIAS MODIFICATION; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COGNITIVE BIAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARALLEL DESIGN; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ECONOMICS; EMOTION; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994496321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-1085-1     Document Type: Article

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