Internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy with and without an initial face-to-face psychoeducation session for social anxiety disorder: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Internet Interventions

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 429-436

  Nordmo, Magnus ^a   Sinding, Aksel Inge ^a   Carlbring, Per ^c   Andersson, Gerhard ^d,e   Havik, Odd E ^a,b   Nordgreen, Tine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Internet delivered cognitive behavioural therapy; Psychoeducation; Self help; Social anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INVENTORY OF INTERPERSONAL PROBLEMS; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION ANXIETY SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84946554614     PISSN: 22147829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.invent.2015.10.003     Document Type: Article

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