Preventing depression in adults with subthreshold depression: Health-economic evaluation alongside a pragmatic randomized controlled trial of a web-based intervention

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Buntrock, Claudia ^a,b,c   Berking, Matthias ^a,c   Smit, Filip ^b,d,e   Lehr, Dirk ^a   Nobis, Stephanie ^a,f   Riper, Heleen ^a,b,g   Cuijpers, Pim ^a,b   Ebert, David ^a,c  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VECHTA   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Early intervention; Internet; Major depressive disorders; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85012864596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.6587     Document Type: Article

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