Treatment of multiple phobias and agoraphobia in a man with Down syndrome

Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 142-146

  Hurley, Anne DesNoyers ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agoraphobia; Anxiety; Cognitive behavior psychotherapy; Developmental disability; Down; Down's syndrome; Graded exposure; Intellectual disability; Mental retardation; Phobia; Psychiatric disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DOWN SYNDROME; EXPOSURE; FEAR; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; PANIC; PHOBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10844256630     PISSN: 10573291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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