Internet-Delivered CBT for Children with Specific Phobia: A Pilot Study

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 303-314

  Vigerland, Sarah ^a   Thulin, Ulrika ^a   Ljótsson, Brjánn ^a   Svirsky, Liv ^a   Öst, Lars Göran ^b   Lindefors, Nils ^a   Andersson, Gerhard ^c   Serlachius, Eva ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

anxiety disorders; children, specific phobia; cognitive behaviour therapy; Internet delivered treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOBIA; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888118924     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: 16512316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2013.844201     Document Type: Article

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