Further tests of a cognitive model of generalized anxiety disorder: Metacognitions and worry in gad, panic disorder, social phobia, depression, and nonpatients

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-102

  Wells, Adrian ^a   Carter, Karin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Salford NHS University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000926824     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7894(01)80045-9     Document Type: Article

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