Guided Internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy for generalized anxiety disorder: A randomized controlled trial

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 159-173

  Paxling, Björn ^a,b   Almlöv, Jonas ^a   Dahlin, Mats ^c   Carlbring, Per ^d   Breitholtz, Elisabeth ^e   Eriksson, Thomas ^f   Andersson, Gerhard ^a,g  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Umeå University ^*

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f Redakliniken   (Sweden)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Applied relaxation; Generalized anxiety disorder; Guided self help; Internet treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 80052246998     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: 16512316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2011.576699     Document Type: Article

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