Internet-delivered psychological treatments: from innovation to implementation

World Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 20-28

  Andersson, Gerhard ^a,b   Titov, Nickolai ^c   Dear, Blake F ^c   Rozental, Alexander ^b,d   Carlbring, Per ^e,f  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

anxiety disorders; blended treatment; cognitive behaviour therapy; depression; implementation; innovation; Internet interventions; moderators and mediators; negative effects

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERNET; MACHINE LEARNING; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREND STUDY;

EID: 85059399703     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20610     Document Type: Article

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