A systematic review of the quality of information on the treatment of anxiety disorders on the internet

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 303-309

  Ipser, Jonathan C ^a   Dewing, Sarah ^b   Stein, Dan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEARCH ENGINE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34848824772     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-007-0037-3     Document Type: Review

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