Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Older Adults: A Preliminary Report

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-134

  Wetherell, Julie Loebach ^a   Liu, Lin ^a   Patterson, Thomas L ^a   Afari, Niloofar ^b   Ayers, Catherine R ^b   Thorp, Steven R ^b   Stoddard, Jill A ^c   Ruberg, Joshua ^b   Kraft, Alexander ^b   Sorrell, John T ^d   Petkus, Andrew J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d San Mateo Medical Center   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 79551500180     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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