The fallacy of ex-consequentia reasoning and the persistence of PTSD

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 35-42

  Engelhard, Iris M ^a   Arntz, Arnoud ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognitions; PTSD; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; VALIDATION PROCESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEAR; HOSPITALIZATION; LIFE EVENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; THINKING;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEAR; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THINKING;

EID: 15744389415     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2004.11.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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