Rostral Anterior Cingulate Cortex Morphology Predicts Treatment Response to Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression

Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 255-262

  Webb, Christian A ^a,b   Olson, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Killgore, William D S ^c   Pizzagalli, Diego A ^a,b   Rauch, Scott L ^a,b   Rosso, Isabelle M ^a,b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Depression; Internet; Magnetic resonance imaging; Treatment prediction

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET BASED COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; CINGULATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TELECONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85031739708     PISSN: 24519022     EISSN: 24519030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2017.08.005     Document Type: Article

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