Computer-aided psychotherapy for anxiety disorders: A meta-analytic review

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 66-82

  Cuijpers, Pim ^a   Marks, Isaac M ^a,b   van Straten, Annemieke ^a   Cavanagh, Kate ^c   Gega, Lina ^d   Andersson, Gerhard ^e,f  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Computer aided psychotherapy; Internet therapy; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EFFECT SIZE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INTERNET; META ANALYSIS; MICROCOMPUTER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VELOCITY;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 70749144908     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: 16512316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506070802694776     Document Type: Article

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