The assessment and treatment of specific phobias: A review

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 298-303

  Grös, Daniel F ^b   Antony, Martin M ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGORAPHOBIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PHOBIA; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SELF HELP; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33747198534     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-006-0066-3     Document Type: Review

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