GGiving It Spaceg: A case study examining acceptance and commitment therapy for health anxiety in an older male previously exposed to nuclear testing

Clinical Case Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 210-225

  Jourdain, Rebekah L ^a   Dulin, Patrick L ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACT; Health anxiety; Nuclear exposure

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARMY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SELF REPORT; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65649108957     PISSN: 15346501     EISSN: 15523802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534650109334631     Document Type: Article

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