Internet-based treatment of social phobia: A randomized controlled trial comparing unguided with two types of guided self-help

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 158-169

  Berger, Thomas ^a   Caspar, Franz ^a   Richardson, Robert ^a   Kneubühler, Bernhard ^a   Sutter, Daniel ^a   Andersson, Gerhard ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Guided self help; Internet treatment; Randomized controlled trial (RCT); Social anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF CARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951683551     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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