The promise and pitfalls of the internet for cognitive behavioral therapy

BMC Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Andersson, Gerhard ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INSOMNIA; INTERNET; MOOD DISORDER; NOTE; THERAPY EFFECT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EDITORIAL; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TELEMEDICINE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 78649722198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-8-82     Document Type: Note

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