A randomized controlled trial of the Cool Teens CD-ROM computerized program for adolescent anxiety

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-270

  Wuthrich, Viviana M ^a   Rapee, Ronald M ^a   Cunningham, Michael J ^a   Lyneham, Heidi J ^a   Hudson, Jennifer L ^a   Schniering, Carolyn A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescent; anxiety; cognitive behavioral therapy; computerized; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPACT DISK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MOTHERS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857624868     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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