Internet-based cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression: Current progress and future directions

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 114-122

  Webb, Christian A ^a   Rosso, Isabelle M ^a   Rauch, Scott L ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; Depression; Internet; Moderators; Treatment

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMFORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; RELAPSE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SMARTPHONE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85020473897     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000139     Document Type: Review

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