Assessing clinical trials of Internet addiction treatment: A systematic review and CONSORT evaluation

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1110-1116

  King, Daniel L ^a,c   Delfabbro, Paul H ^a   Griffiths, Mark D ^b   Gradisar, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; CONSORT; Internet; Intervention; Online; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; HUMANS; INTERNET; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961119900     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2011.06.009     Document Type: Review

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