Conceptual models of generalized anxiety disorder

Psychiatric Annals

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-132

  Fisher, Peter L ^a   Wells, Adrian ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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EID: 79951588618     PISSN: 00485713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00485713-20110203-11     Document Type: Article

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