Behavioural Activation Therapy for Depression after Stroke (BEADS): A study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled pilot trial of a psychological intervention for post-stroke depression

Pilot and Feasibility Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Thomas, Shirley A ^a   Coates, Elizabeth ^b   das Nair, Roshan ^a   Lincoln, Nadina B ^a   Cooper, Cindy ^b   Palmer, Rebecca ^b   Walters, Stephen J ^b   Latimer, Nicholas R ^b   England, Timothy J ^a   Mandefield, Laura ^b   Chater, Timothy ^b   Callaghan, Patrick ^a   Drummond, Avril E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural activation; Complex intervention; Depression; Feasibility; Post stroke depression; Psychological intervention; Randomised controlled trial; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EID: 85036585473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20555784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40814-016-0072-0     Document Type: Article

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