The effects of an Internet based self-help course for reducing panic symptoms - Don't Panic Online: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Van Ballegooijen, Wouter ^a,b   Riper, Heleen ^a,c   van Straten, Annemieke ^a   Kramer, Jeannet ^b   Conijn, Barbara ^b   Cuijpers, Pim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^c GGZ InGeest   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST OF ILLNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTERNET; NETHERLANDS; PANIC; PANIC DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952461670     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-75     Document Type: Article

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