Online CBT in the treatment of child and adolescent anxiety disorders: Issues in the development of BRAVE-ONLINE and two case illustrations

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 411-430

  Spence, Susan H ^a   Donovan, Caroline L ^a   March, Sonja ^b   Gamble, Amanda ^c   Anderson, Renee ^b   Prosser, Samantha ^b   Kercher, Amy ^c   Kenardy, Justin ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognitive behaviour therapy; Computer; Internet; Online

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49549109644     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135246580800444X     Document Type: Article

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