Characteristics of adults with anxiety or depression treated at an internet clinic: Comparison with a national survey and an outpatient clinic

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Titov, Nickolai ^a   Andrews, Gavin ^a   Kemp, Alice ^a   Robinson, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMATIC COGNITION QUESTIONNAIRE; BODY SENSATION QUESTIONNAIRE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; KESSLER 10 ITEM SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PANIC; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION ANXIETY SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA SCALE; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEPSYCHIATRY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DISABILITY ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE SECOND EDITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 77955063221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010885     Document Type: Review

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