The online treatment of suicidal ideation: A randomised controlled trial of an unguided web-based intervention

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 119, Issue , 2019, Pages

  De Jaegere, Eva ^a   van Landschoot, Renate ^a   van Heeringen, Kees ^a   van Spijker, Bregje A J ^b   Kerkhof, Ad J F M ^c   Mokkenstorm, Jan K ^d,e   Portzky, Gwendolyn ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d 113 Suicide Prevention ^*  (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Online therapy; Randomised controlled trial; Self help; Suicidal ideation; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT WORRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET-BASED INTERVENTION; MALE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TREATMENT ADHERENCE AND COMPLIANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85066762369     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2019.05.003     Document Type: Article

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