Randomized Controlled Trial of a Computerized Interactive Media-Based Problem Solving Treatment for Depression

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 413-425

  Sandoval, Luis R ^a   Buckey, Jay C ^b   Ainslie, Ricardo ^c   Tombari, Martin ^c   Stone, William ^a   Hegel, Mark T ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

computer based therapy; depression; problem solving therapy; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DSM-IV-TR; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85028244247     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2016.04.001     Document Type: Article

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