Screening of psychiatric disorders via the Internet. A pilot study with tinnitus patients

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 287-291

  Andersson, Gerhard ^a,b   Carlbring, Per ^b   Kaldo, Viktor ^b   Ström, Lars ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CIDI short form; HADS; Internet; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TINNITUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TINNITUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 4544378289     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480410005792     Document Type: Article

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