Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxiety Disorders Is Here to Stay

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Andrews, Gavin ^a   Newby, Jill M ^a   Williams, Alishia D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agoraphobia; Anxiety disorders; Generalized anxiety disorder; Internet cognitive behavior therapy; Panic disorder; Social anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERNET; PANIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TELEMEDICINE;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERNET; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84912124592     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-014-0533-1     Document Type: Article

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