Do it yourself? Self-help and online therapy for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 541-548

  Moritz, Steffen ^a   Wittekind, Charlotte E ^a   Hauschildt, Marit ^a   Timpano, Kiara R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MENTAL PATIENT; METHODOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SELF HELP; TELECONSULTATION;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERNET; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SELF CARE;

EID: 80053386452     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32834abb7f     Document Type: Review

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