In vivo flooding for anxiety disorders: Proposing its utility in the treatment posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 498-509

  Moulds, Michelle L ^a   Nixon, Reginald D V ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; PTSD; Trauma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FOLLOW UP; HABITUATION; HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITION; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33646141592     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2005.05.005     Document Type: Article

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