Integration of peer support and computer-based CBT for veterans with depression

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Highlights：

• Completion rates for the computer-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy program were high.

• Veteran-peers provided support and helped prompt completion of the cCBT program.

• Significant decreases in depressive symptoms and increases in hope were observed in post ratings.

• Marginal decreases in anxiety symptoms were also observed.

• The feasibility of a Veteran-peer assisted cCBT program was supported.

摘要

•Completion rates for the computer-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy program were high.•Veteran-peers provided support and helped prompt completion of the cCBT program.•Significant decreases in depressive symptoms and increases in hope were observed in post ratings.•Marginal decreases in anxiety symptoms were also observed.•The feasibility of a Veteran-peer assisted cCBT program was supported.

论文关键词：Mental health,Computer-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy,Peer support,Cognitive behavioral therapy,Major depressive disorder,Self-help approaches

论文评审过程：Available online 29 October 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.10.012