Efficacy of group psychotherapy for social anxiety disorder: A meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue , 2016, Pages 44-64

  Barkowski, Sarah ^a   Schwartze, Dominique ^a   Strauss, Bernhard ^a   Burlingame, Gary M ^b   Barth, Jürgen ^c   Rosendahl, Jenny ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Format equivalence; Group psychotherapy; Meta analysis; Randomized controlled trials; Social anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; EXPOSURE THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL THERAPY; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL SKILL TRAINING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHOBIA, SOCIAL;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIA, SOCIAL; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84959298482     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.02.005     Document Type: Review

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