Treatment of child anxiety: An exploratory study of the role of maternal anxiety and behaviours in treatment outcome

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-44

  Creswell, Cathy ^a   Willetts, Lucy ^a   Murray, Lynne ^a   Singhal, Meghna ^a   Cooper, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40449085071     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.559     Document Type: Article

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