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

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue , 2016, Pages 30-44

  Dear, B F ^a   Staples, L G ^a   Terides, M D ^a   Fogliati, V J ^a   Sheehan, J ^a   Johnston, L ^a   Kayrouz, R ^a   Dear, R ^a   McEvoy, P M ^b   Titov, N ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

24 month follow up; Anxiety disorders; CBT; Depression; Disorder specific; Internet; Randomized controlled trial; Self guided; Social anxiety disorder; Therapist guided; Transdiagnostic; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PHOBIA; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT PLANNING; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIA, SOCIAL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIA, SOCIAL; SELF CARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84971260287     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.05.004     Document Type: Article

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