EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNET-DELIVERED COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 783-791

  Sijbrandij, Marit ^a,b   Kunovski, Ivo ^a   Cuijpers, Pim ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CBT cognitive behavior therapy; computer internet technology; depression; life events stress; PTSD posttraumatic stress disorder; trauma; treatment

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERNET; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SELF HELP; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84985945957     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22533     Document Type: Review

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