Treatment of social phobia through pure self-help and therapist-augmented self-help

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 246-252

  Rapee, Ronald M ^a   Abbott, Maree J ^b   Baillie, Andrew J ^a   Gaston, Jonathan E ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALBANY PANIC AND PHOBIA QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRIEF FEAR OF NEGATIVE EVALUATION SCALE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; LIFE INTERFERENCE SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION; SELF CONSCIOUSNESS SCALE; SELF HELP; SOCIAL INTERACTION SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BIBLIOTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SHYNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548755482     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.028167     Document Type: Article

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