Internet-delivered treatment for older adults with anxiety and depression: Implementation of the Wellbeing Plus Course in routine clinical care and comparison with research trial outcomes

BJPsych Open

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 307-313

  Staples, Lauren G ^a   Fogliati, Vincent J ^a   Dear, Blake F ^a   Nielssen, Olav ^a   Titov, Nickolai ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85029084141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20564724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjpo.bp.116.003400     Document Type: Article

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