A palmtop computer program for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder

Behavior Modification

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 597-619

  Newman, Michelle G ^a   Consoli, Andrés J ^b   Taylor, C Barr ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SOFTWARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032844219     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145445599234005     Document Type: Article

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