Transdiagnostic versus disorder-specific and clinician-guided versus self-guided internet-delivered treatment for generalized anxiety disorder and comorbid disorders: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 63-77

  Dear, B F ^a   Staples, L G ^a   Terides, M D ^a   Karin, E ^a   Zou, J ^a   Johnston, L ^a   Gandy, M ^a   Fogliati, V J ^a   Wootton, B M ^a,b   McEvoy, P M ^c   Titov, N ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

24 Month follow up; Anxiety disorders; Clinician guided; Disorder specific; Generalized anxiety disorder; Internet; Randomized controlled trial; Self guided; Transdiagnostic; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICIAN GUIDED COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISORDER SPECIFIC COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF GUIDED COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSDIAGNOSTIC COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SELF CARE; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944049753     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2015.09.003     Document Type: Article

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