Dropout from internet-based treatment for psychological disorders

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 455-471

  Melville, Katherine M ^a   Casey, Leanne M ^a   Kavanagh, David J ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 78049354469     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466509X472138     Document Type: Article

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