Internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety and insomnia in a higher education context

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 415-431

  Morris, Joanna ^a   Firkins, Ashlyn ^a   Millings, Abigail ^b   Mohr, Christine ^c   Redford, Paul ^d   Rowe, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; CCBT; Insomnia; Internet delivered Cognitive Behavior Therapy; Student mental health; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERNET; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; SELF CARE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STUDENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937622156     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2015.1058924     Document Type: Article

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