The "anxiety treatment protocol": A group case study demonstration of a transdiagnostic group cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders

Clinical Case Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 538-554

  Norton, Peter J ^a   Hope, Debra A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; CBT; Transdiagnostic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MALE; PANIC; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIALIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54949118391     PISSN: 15346501     EISSN: 15523802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534650108321307     Document Type: Article

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