Exploring the efficacy and acceptability of Internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy for young adults with anxiety and depression: An open trial

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 819-827

  Johnston, Luke ^a   Dear, Blake F ^a   Gandy, Milena ^a   Fogliati, Vincent J ^a   Kayrouz, Rony ^a   Sheehan, Joanne ^a   Rapee, Ronald M ^a   Titov, Nickolai ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; depression; Internet; transdiagnostic; young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; SHEEHAN DISABILITY SCALE; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TELECONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REMOTE CONSULTATION; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906708942     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867414527524     Document Type: Article

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