Do symptom interpretations mediate the relationship between panic attack symptoms and agoraphobic avoidance?

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-289

  Berle, David ^a   Starcevic, Vladan ^b   Milicevic, Denise ^a   Hannan, Anthony ^a   Moses, Karen ^a  

^a SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agoraphobia; Cognitions; Misinterpretation; Panic disorder; Panic symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PANIC; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PANIC DISORDER; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77952549192     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135246581000007X     Document Type: Article

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