Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of telephone-based cognitive-behavioural therapy in primary care: study protocol of TIDe - telephone intervention for depression

• Published in: BMC psychiatry Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 263
• Main Authors: Watzke, Birgit, Haller, Elisa, Steinmann, Maya, Heddaeus, Daniela, Härter, Martin, König, Hans-Helmut, Wegscheider, Karl, Rosemann, Thomas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 19.07.2017; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Access to mental health services; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Adult; AIDS; Antidepressants; Behavior modification; Care and treatment; Clinical Protocols; Cognitive ability; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Cognitive therapy; Cognitive Therapy - economics; Cognitive Therapy - methods; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Depression (Mood disorder); Depression - economics; Depression - therapy; Evidence-based treatment; Female; Humans; Male; Medical research; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental health; Mental health care; Mild to moderate depression; Primary care; Primary health care; Primary Health Care - methods; Psychiatry; Psychotherapy; Short-term CBT; Study Protocol; Technology application; Telemedicine; Telephone; Telephone-delivered psychotherapy; Therapy, Computer-Assisted; Switzerland; Telephone-delivered psychotherapy; Access to mental health services; Mild to moderate depression; Primary care; Evidence-based treatment; Short-term CBT

Despite the availability of evidence-based treatments for depression, a large proportion of patients remains untreated or adequate treatment is initiated with delay. This situation is particularly critical in primary care, where not only most individuals first seek help for their mental health probl...