Is internet treatment for depressive and anxiety disorders ready for prime time?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue SUPPL. 11, 2010, Pages

  Andrews, Gavin ^a   Titov, Nickolai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955872480     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03693.x     Document Type: Article

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