Guided and unguided CBT for social anxiety disorder and/or panic disorder via the Internet and a smartphone application: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lindner, Philip ^a   Ivanova, Ekaterina ^b   Ly, Kien H ^c   Andersson, Gerhard ^a,c   Carlbring, Per ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; App; Application; Cognitive behavioural; Internet administered; Randomised controlled trial; Smartphone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PANIC; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CELLULAR PHONE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PANIC DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SWEDEN; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890373731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-437     Document Type: Article

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