Usefulness of a trauma-focused treatment approach for travel phobia

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-137

  De Jongh, A D ^a   Holmshaw, Manda ^b   Carswell, Wilson ^b   van Wijk, Arjen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Moving Minds Psychological Management and Rehabilitation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Driving phobia; Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing; Road traffic accidents; Specific phobia; Trauma focused cognitive behavioural therapy; Travel phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953705063     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.680     Document Type: Article

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