Attitudes Towards Internet Interventions Among Psychotherapists and Individuals with Mild to Moderate Depression Symptoms

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 745-756

  Schröder, Johanna ^a   Berger, Thomas ^b   Meyer, Björn ^c   Lutz, Wolfgang ^d   Hautzinger, Martin ^e   Späth, Christina ^f   Eichenberg, Christiane ^g   Klein, Jan Philipp ^f   Moritz, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Basic Research Dep   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^g SIGMUND FREUD UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Depression; iCBT; Internet interventions; Psychotherapists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE ASSESSMENT; ATTITUDES TOWARDS PSYCHOLOGICAL ONLINE INTERVENTIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT;

EID: 85018811407     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-017-9850-0     Document Type: Article

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