The When, Why, and How of Worry Exposure

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 386-393

  van der Heiden, Colin ^a   ten Broeke, Erik ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VISIE Deventer ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXPECTATION; EXPOSURE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; IMAGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORRY EXPOSURE;

EID: 70350557041     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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