Internet-based individually versus group guided self-help treatment for social anxiety disorder: Protocol of a randomized controlled trial

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Schulz, Ava ^a   Stolz, Timo ^a   Berger, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Group guided self help; Guided self help; Internet based treatment; Randomized controlled trial (RCT); SAD; Self help; Social anxiety disorder; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUPPORT GROUP; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CARE; SELF-HELP GROUPS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899485764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-115     Document Type: Article

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