Outcome predictors in guided and unguided self-help for social anxiety disorder

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-21

  Nordgreen, T ^a,b   Havik, O E ^a,b   Ost L G ^a,b,c   Furmark, T ^d   Carlbring, P ^e   Andersson, G ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavior therapy; Guided self help; Predictors; Social anxiety disorder; Unguided self help

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GUIDED SELF HELP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF HELP; SOCIAL INTERACTION ANXIETY SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA SCALE; UNGUIDED SELF HELP;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS; SELF CARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 83355162663     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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