Effectiveness of an internet-delivered intervention for generalized anxiety disorder in routine care: A randomised controlled trial in a student population

Internet Interventions

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages 80-88

  Richards, Derek ^a,b   Timulak, Ladislav ^a   Rashleigh, Chuck ^a   McLoughlin, Orla ^a   Colla, Amy ^b   Joyce, Ciara ^b   Doherty, Gavin ^a   Sharry, John ^c   Duffy, Daniel ^b   Anderson Gibbons, Melissa ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b SilverCloud Health The Priory   (Ireland)

^c MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

CBT; Generalized anxiety disorder; Internet delivered interventions; Randomised control trial; Students; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84994236322     PISSN: 22147829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.invent.2016.10.003     Document Type: Article

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