Internet cognitive behavioural treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder: A randomised controlled trial

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-106

  Mahoney, Alison E J ^a   Mackenzie, Anna ^a,b   Williams, Alishia D ^a,b   Smith, Jessica ^a   Andrews, Gavin ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive behaviour therapy; Internet based cognitive behaviour therapy; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

CLOMIPRAMINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; MIRTAZAPINE; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIMENSIONAL OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNET BASED COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; OBSESSIONAL BELIEFS QUESTIONNAIRE 20; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; INTERNET; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908398225     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2014.09.012     Document Type: Article

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