Effectiveness of computerised cognitive behaviour therapy for anxiety disorders in secondary care

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 630-640

  Bell, Caroline J ^a   Colhoun, Helen C ^a   Carter, Frances A ^a   Frampton, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anxiety; cognitive behaviour therapy; computerized

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTERIZED COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GENERALIZED ANXIETY INVENTORY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIEBOWITZ SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PANIC; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; WORK AND SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84867912876     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867412437345     Document Type: Article

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