A systematic review of behavioral experiments vs. exposure alone in the treatment of anxiety disorders: A case of exposure while wearing the emperor's new clothes?

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 467-478

  McMillan, Dean ^a   Lee, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Adult Psychological Therapies Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorder; Behavioral experiment; Cognitive Behavior Therapy; Exposure; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PHOBIA; REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954819445     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2010.01.003     Document Type: Review

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