Educating the 'Worried Well': Description of a Structured Programme and Implications for Treatment and Prevention

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 136-144

  Avia, María D ^a   Olivares, M Eugenia ^a   Crespo, María ^a   Guisado, Ana B ^a   Sánchez, Angel ^a   Varela, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 0000449832     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0879(199706)4:2<136::aid-cpp109>3.0.co;2-l     Document Type: Article

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