Treatment of phobic postural vertigo: A controlled study of cognitive-behavioral therapy and self-controlled desensitization

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 253, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 500-506

  Holmberg, J ^a   Karlberg, M ^a   Harlacher, U ^a   Rivano Fischer, M ^a   Magnusson, M ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Dizziness; Posture; Vestibular disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY POSTURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIZZINESS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOBIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSITIONAL VERTIGO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; POSTURE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33745639007     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0050-6     Document Type: Article

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