The efficacy of Internet-supported intervention for social anxiety disorder: A brief meta-analytic review

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue , 2011, Pages 552-557

  Tulbure, Bogdan Tudor ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Comorbid anxiety and depression; Internet supported interventions; Life quality; Social anxiety disorder; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855694865     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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