Mental imagery in anxiety disorders

Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 161-165

  Hirsch, Colette R ^a   Holmes, Emily A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety disorders; CBT; cognitive behavioural therapy; imagery restructuring; imagination; memory; mental imagery

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEATH; EMOTION; FEAR; HUMAN; IMAGERY; IMAGINATION; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPIDER;

EID: 34047097484     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mppsy.2007.01.005     Document Type: Review

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