Temperament and character dimensions in patients with social phobia: Patterns of change following treatments?

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-90

  Mörtberg, Ewa ^a   Bejerot, Susanne ^a   Åberg Wistedt, Anna ^a  

^a ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive and behavior therapy; Group and individual treatment; Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI); Treatment as usual

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; MOCLOBEMIDE; OXAZEPAM; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHARACTER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 34447104422     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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