Computerised cognitive-behavioural therapy for depression in adolescents: Feasibility results and 4-month outcomes of a UK randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Wright, Barry ^a   Tindall, Lucy ^b   Littlewood, Elizabeth ^a   Allgar, Victoria ^a   Abeles, Paul ^c   Trépel, Dominic ^a   Ali, Shehzad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS AND YORK PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; computerised Cognitive Behaviour Therapy; Depression; Randomised Controlled Trial

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EUROQOL FIVE DIMENSION QUESTIONNAIRE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH UTILITY INDEX MARK 2; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD AND FEELINGS QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PHYSICAL DISEASE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPENCE CHILDREN ANXIETY SCALE; UNITED KINGDOM; ANXIETY; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85010976849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012834     Document Type: Article

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