Internet-based psychodynamic versus cognitive behavioral guided self-help for generalized anxiety disorder: A randomized controlled trial

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 344-355

  Andersson, Gerhard ^b,c   Paxling, Bjrn ^a,b   Roch Norlund, Pie ^d   Stman, Gunnar ^d   Norgren, Anna ^d   Almlv, Jonas ^b   Georn, Lisa ^e   Breitholtz, Elisabeth ^d   Dahlin, Mats ^f   Cuijpers, Pim ^a   Carlbring, Per ^g   Silverberg, Farrell ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f Psykologpartners   (Sweden)

^g UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis and Private Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavior therapy; Generalized anxiety disorder; Guided self help; Psychodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865835083     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339371     Document Type: Article

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