General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 337-340 , May 2010

Improving health and productivity of depressed workers: a pilot randomized controlled trial of telephone cognitive behavioral therapy delivery in workplace settings

  • Penny E. Bee, Ph.D., B.Sc. Hons.

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Research Fellow, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK M13 9PL. Tel.: +44 (0)161 306 7652.
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  • Peter Bower, Ph.D., B.Sc. Hons.

      Affiliations

    • National Centre for Primary Care Research & Development, University of Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
    • ,
  • Simon Gilbody, B.Sc., Hons., M.B.Ch.B., M.Sc., M.R.C.Psych., D.Phil.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
    • ,
  • Karina Lovell, R.N., B.A., Hons., M.Sc., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

Received 5 December 2009 ,Accepted 5 January 2010.

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PII: S0163-8343(10)00007-1

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.01.006

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 337-340 , May 2010

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