Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: Three Case Studies Exemplifying a Unified Treatment Protocol

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 368-385

  Eifert, Georg H ^a   Forsyth, John P ^b   Arch, Joanna ^c   Espejo, Emmanuel ^c   Keller, Melody ^c   Langer, David ^c  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADULT; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DYSTHYMIA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 70350626937     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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