Computer-delivered cognitive-behavioural treatments for obsessive compulsive disorder: Preliminary meta-analysis of randomized and non-randomized effectiveness trials

Cognitive Behaviour Therapist

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Pozza, Andrea ^a   Andersson, Gerhard ^b,c   Antonelli, Paolo ^a   Dèttore, Davide ^a,d  

^a Miller Institute of Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy   (Italy)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive behaviour therapy; computer delivered cognitive behavioural treatments; meta analysis; obsessive compulsive disorder; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988855388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1754470X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1754470X1400021X     Document Type: Article

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