Treatment of panic and phobias

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-124

  Shear, M Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; COGNITION; HUMAN; PANIC; PHOBIA; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REMISSION; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029885954     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-199603000-00005     Document Type: Short Survey

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