Online obsessive-compulsive disorder treatment: Preliminary results of the "OCD? Not me!" self-guided internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy program for young people

JMIR Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Rees, Clare Samantha ^a   Anderson, Rebecca Anne ^a   Kane, Robert Thomas ^a   Finlay Jones, Amy Louise ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Adolescents; Anxiety disorders therapy; Australia; Computer assisted statistics and numerical data; iCBT; Internet; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Self care; Therapy; Treatment outcome; Young adult

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026907350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23687959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mental.5363     Document Type: Article

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