Guided and unguided self-help for social anxiety disorder: Randomised controlled trial

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 440-447

  Furmark, Tomas ^a   Carlbring, Per ^b   Hedman, Erik ^c   Sonnenstein, Annika ^a   Clevberger, Peder ^a   Bohman, Benjamin ^a   Eriksson, Anneli ^a   Hållén, Agneta ^a   Frykman, Mandus ^a   Holmström, Annelie ^a   Sparthan, Elisabeth ^a   Tillfors, Maria ^d   Ihrfelt, Elisabeth Nilsson ^a   Spak, Maria ^a   Eriksson, Anna ^a   Ekselius, Lisa ^a   Andersson, Gerhard ^b,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BIBLIOTHERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF CARE; SHYNESS; TELEMEDICINE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450200719     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.060996     Document Type: Article

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