Online interventions for anxiety disorders

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-13

  Christensen, Helen ^a   Batterham, Philip ^b   Calear, Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

anxiety; guided; internet; online; self help

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERNET; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); ONLINE SYSTEM; PANIC; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SELF HELP; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

ANXIETY DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERNET; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84889800064     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000019     Document Type: Review

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