Therapist-Assisted, Online (TAO) intervention for anxiety in college students: TAO outperformed treatment as usual

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 363-372

  Benton, Sherry A ^a,b   Heesacker, Martin ^b,c   Snowden, Steven J ^b,d   Lee, Geoffrey ^b  

^a TAO Connect Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable anxiety treatment; Affordable psychotherapy; Brief therapist contact; Computer assisted psychotherapy; Therapist assisted online treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983792065     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: 19391323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pro0000097     Document Type: Article

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