Prevention of anxiety disorders and depression by targeting excessive worry and rumination in adolescents and young adults: A randomized controlled trial

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 90, Issue , 2017, Pages 123-136

  Topper, Maurice ^a   Emmelkamp, Paul M G ^a,b   Watkins, Ed ^c,d   Ehring, Thomas ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences NIAS KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Prevention; Rumination; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER INVENTORY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MOOD AND ANXIETY SYMPTOM QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT WORRY; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; PERSEVERATIVE THINKING QUESTIONNAIRE; QUICK DRINKING SCREEN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUMINATION; RUMINATIVE RESPONSE SCALE; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; GROUP THERAPY; THINKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THINKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85007481639     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2016.12.015     Document Type: Article

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