Internet-based guided self-help for several anxiety disorders: A randomized controlled trial comparing a tailored with a standardized disorder-specific approach

Psychotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 207-219

  Berger, Thomas ^a   Boettcher, Johanna ^b   Caspar, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Efficacy evaluation; Guided self help; Internet based treatment; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET BASED GUIDED SELF HELP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PANIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUSTRIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; GERMANY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUSTRIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901777410     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: 19391536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032527     Document Type: Article

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