A RCT of a transdiagnostic internet-delivered treatment for three anxiety disorders: Examination of support roles and disorder-specific outcomes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Johnston, Luke ^a   Titov, Nickolai ^b   Andrews, Gavin ^a   Spence, Jay ^b   Dear, Blake F ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81755184077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028079     Document Type: Article

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