One-session group treatment of spider phobia

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 707-715

  Öst, Lars Göran ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; PHOBIA; SPIDER;

EID: 0030250739     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0005-7967(96)00022-8     Document Type: Article

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