A treatment most foul: Handling disgust in cognitive-behavior therapy

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 355-367

  McKay, Dean ^a   Tsao, Steven D ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Avoidance; Conditioning; Disgust

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BULIMIA; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONDITIONING; DEPRESSION; DISGUST; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHOBIA; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME; SPIDER;

EID: 27244457255     PISSN: 08898391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/jcop.2005.19.4.355     Document Type: Review

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