Stepped Care Versus Direct Face-to-Face Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder: A Randomized Effectiveness Trial

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 166-183

  Nordgreen, Tine ^a   Haug, Thomas ^a   Öst, Lars Göran ^a   Andersson, Gerhard ^b   Carlbring, Per ^c   Kvale, Gerd ^a   Tangen, Tone ^a   Heiervang, Einar ^a   Havik, Odd E ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Panic disorder; Social anxiety disorder; Stepped care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANXIETY DISORDERS; GROUP THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84953720881     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2015.10.004     Document Type: Article

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