Feasibility of guided cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) self-help for childhood anxiety disorders in primary care

Mental Health in Family Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-57

  Creswell, Cathy ^a   Hentges, Francoise ^a   Parkinson, Monika ^a   Sheffield, Paul ^b   Willetts, Lucy ^a   Cooper, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Oxfordshire Primary Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child anxiety; Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT); Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SELF HELP;

EID: 77955455014     PISSN: 1756834X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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