The psychobiological correlates of panic attacks during in vivo exposure

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 353-367

  Khawaja, Nigar G ^a   Oei, Tian P S ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agoraphobia; Exposure; In vivo; Panic attacks; Panic disorder; Psychobiological

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOBIOLOGY;

EID: 0032829609     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1352465899000892     Document Type: Article

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