Internet-delivered cognitive-behavioural therapy v. conventional guided self-help for bulimia nervosa: Long-term evaluation of a randomised controlled trial

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 135-141

  Wagner, Gudrun ^a   Penelo, Eva ^b   Wanner, Christian ^a   Gwinner, Paulina ^a   Trofaier, Marie Louise ^a   Imgart, Hartmut ^c   Waldherr, Karin ^d   Wöber Bingöl, Çiçek ^a   Karwautz, Andreas F K ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Parklandklinik   (Germany)

^d LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIBLIOTHERAPY; BULIMIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SELF HELP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIBLIOTHERAPY; BULIMIA; BULIMIA NERVOSA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; LINEAR MODELS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DROPOUTS; REMISSION INDUCTION; SELF CARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873456930     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.098582     Document Type: Article

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