Costs and effects of Internet cognitive behavioral treatment blended with face-to-face treatment: Results from a naturalistic study

Internet Interventions

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 77-83

  Kenter, Robin M F ^a,b   van de Ven, Peter M ^c   Cuijpers, Pim ^a,b   Koole, Ger ^a   Niamat, Safar ^a   Gerrits, Rob S ^d   Willems, Mark ^d   van Straten, Annemieke ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU University Amsterdam Department of Mathematics ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Blended treatment; Depression; Internet delivered treatments; Outpatient clinic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNET INTERVENTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURALISTIC INQUIRY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PANIC; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TRAINING;

EID: 84922374226     PISSN: 22147829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.invent.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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