Internet-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy for social anxiety disorder in Romania: A randomized controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Tulbure, Bogdan Tudor ^a   Szentagotai, Aurora ^b   David, Oana ^b   Ştefan, Simona¸ ^b   Månsson, Kristoffer N T ^c   David, Daniel ^b   Andersson, Gerhard ^c,d,e  

^a WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET BASED COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY; LIEBOWITZ SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROMANIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA INVENTORY; TELETHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; ROMANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929079679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123997     Document Type: Article

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