Online CBT for preschool anxiety disorders: A randomised control trial

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 58, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-35

  Donovan, Caroline L ^a   March, Sonja ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Internet based treatment; Preschool

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILDREN GLOBAL ASSESSMENT SCALE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL ANXIETY SCALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROL; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERNET; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902144919     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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