Catastrophic associations predict level of change in anxiety sensitivity in response to cognitive-behavioural treatment for panic

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 557-572

  Schneider, Raimund ^a   Schulte, Dietmar ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Catastrophic associations; Panic disorder

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PHOBIA; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOMATIZATION;

ANXIETY; ASSOCIATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANIC DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEMANTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41949126382     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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