Attention Training: Effects on Anxiety and Beliefs in Panic and Social Phobia

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 226-232

  Wells, Adrian ^a   White, Jim ^b   Carter, Karin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HAIRMYRES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001426620     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0879(199712)4:4<226::AID-CPP129>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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