Is self-guided internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) harmful? An individual participant data meta-Analysis

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2018, Pages 2456-2466

  Karyotaki, Eirini ^a   Kemmeren, Lise ^b   Riper, Heleen ^a   Twisk, Jos ^c   Hoogendoorn, Adriaan ^b   Kleiboer, Annet ^a   Mira, Adriana ^d,e   Mackinnon, Andrew ^f,g   Meyer, Björn ^h   Botella, Cristina ^d,i   Littlewood, Elizabeth ^j,k   Andersson, Gerhard ^f   Christensen, Helen ^l   Klein, Jan P ^m   Schröder, Johanna ⁿ   Bretón López, Juana ^o   Scheider, Justine ^p   Griffiths, Kathy ^a   Farrer, Louise ^q   Huibers, Marcus J H ⁱ   Phillips, Rachel ^m   Gilbody, Simon ^r   Moritz, Steffen ^s   Berger, Thomas ^a   Pop, Victor ^a   Spek, Viola ^s   Cuijpers, Pim ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^j LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^k KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^o The Australian National University   (Australia)

^p AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^q KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^s TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

Depression; iCBT; internet based treatment; self guided psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERNET; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE;

COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; INTERNET; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85044092192     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291718000648     Document Type: Article

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