Internet-delivered cognitive therapy for social anxiety disorder: A development pilot series

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 383-397

  Stott, Richard ^a   Wild, Jennifer ^b   Grey, Nick ^c   Liness, Sheena ^a   Warnock Parkes, Emma ^b   Commins, Siobhan ^a   Readings, Jennifer ^a   Bremner, Georgina ^b   Woodward, Elizabeth ^b   Ehlers, Anke ^b   Clark, David M ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CCBT; cognitive behaviour therapy; fear of blushing; safety behaviours; social anxiety disorder; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COHORT STUDIES; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEPHONE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84884564549     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465813000404     Document Type: Article

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