Worry exposure versus applied relaxation in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-115

  Hoyer, Jürgen ^a   Beesdo, Katja ^a   Gloster, Andrew T ^a   Runge, Juliane ^a   Höfler, Michael ^a   Becker, Eni S ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Applied relaxation; Generalized anxiety disorder; Metacognition; Thought suppression; Worry exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; APPLIED RELAXATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORRY EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELAXATION THERAPY; THINKING;

EID: 59749098887     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000201936     Document Type: Article

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