In the Internet-based CBT, the patient undergoes an Internet- based self-help program and has contact with a therapist by email.
The present doctoral thesis includes a randomized clinical trial of 104 patients with panic disorder and compares the effectiveness of Internet-based CBT and group CBT within a regular healthcare service.
The study shows that both treatments worked very well and that there was no significant difference between them, either immediately after treatment or at a six-month follow-up, the research said.
Karolinska Institute becomes famous around the world partly because the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is decided here every year.
