Guided and unguided Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for social anxiety disorder and/or panic disorder provided via the Internet and a smartphone application: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue , 2016, Pages 27-35

  Ivanova, Ekaterina ^a   Lindner, Philip ^a,b   Ly, Kien Hoa ^c   Dahlin, Mats ^d   Vernmark, Kristofer ^c,d   Andersson, Gerhard ^b,c   Carlbring, Per ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Psykologpartners   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Anxiety disorders; Cognitive behavior therapy; Internet interventions; mHealth; Therapist support

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; SELF HELP; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TELEPSYCHIATRY; THERAPIST SUPPORT; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIA, SOCIAL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; SMARTPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIA, SOCIAL; SELF CARE; SMARTPHONE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84991059235     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.09.012     Document Type: Article

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