Internet-based self-help versus one-session exposure in the treatment of spider phobia: A randomized controlled trial

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 114-120

  Andersson, Gerhard ^a,b   Waara, Johan ^c   Jonsson, Ulf ^c   Malmaeus, Fredrik ^c   Carlbring, Per ^a   Öst, Lars Göran ^d  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Internet treatment; One session exposure treatment; Spider phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; LIVE EXPOSURE TREATMENT; MALE; ONE SESSION EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOBIA; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING; SELF HELP; SELF REPORT; SPIDER PHOBIA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; WEB BROWSER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SPIDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70749153302     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: 16512316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506070902931326     Document Type: Article

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