Ibobbly mobile health intervention for suicide prevention in Australian Indigenous youth: A pilot randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Tighe, Joseph ^a,b   Shand, Fiona ^a   Ridani, Rebecca ^a   MacKinnon, Andrew ^a   De La Mata, Nicole ^c   Christensen, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Men's Outreach Service Inc   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; eHealth; Indigenous Australian; mHealth; Suicide Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOBILE APPLICATION; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; SELF HELP; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PILOT PROJECTS; SELF-MANAGEMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; TELEMEDICINE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011011265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013518     Document Type: Article

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