Insecticide phobia treated with exposure and response-prevention: A case report

German Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 12-13

  Narayana, Kiran Chandra ^a   Chakrabarti, Subho ^a   Grover, Sandeep ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Exposure; Insecticide phobia; Response prevention

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOBIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 25444477231     PISSN: 14331055     EISSN: 14331055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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