Experiences of non-adherence to Internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy: A qualitative study

Internet Interventions

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 137-142

  Johansson, Olof ^a   Michel, Teresa ^b   Andersson, Gerhard ^b,c   Paxling, Björn ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attrition; Behavior therapy; Cognitive behavior therapy; Generalized anxiety disorder; Internet treatment; Non adherence; Self help

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROCESS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRESS; TEXT CONTENT COMPLEXITY; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84925164624     PISSN: 22147829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.invent.2015.02.006     Document Type: Article

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