Effectiveness of a web-based self-help program for suicidal thinking in an australian community sample: Randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Van Spijker, Bregje AJ ^a   Werner Seidler, Aliza ^b   Batterham, Philip J ^a   Mackinnon, Andrew ^b   Calear, Alison L ^a   Gosling, John A ^a   Reynolds, Julia ^a   Kerkhof, Ad JFM ^c,d   Solomon, Daniela ^b   Shand, Fiona ^b   Christensen, Helen ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Psychosocial interventions; Randomized controlled trial; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; STANDARDS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85042076038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.8595     Document Type: Article

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