Efficacy of Technology-delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for OCD Versus Control Conditions, and in Comparison with Therapist-Administered CBT: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 190-211

  Dèttore, Davide ^a,b   Pozza, Andrea ^b,c   Andersson, Gerhard ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Miller Institute of Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cognitive behavioural therapy; meta analysis; obsessive compulsive disorder; technology delivered cognitive behavioural therapy; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIBLIOTHERAPY; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIBLIOTHERAPY; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924557977     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: 16512316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2015.1005660     Document Type: Review

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