Psychological treatment for panic disorder with agoraphobia: A randomized controlled trial to examine the role of therapist-guided exposure in situ in CBT

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 406-420

  Gloster, Andrew T ^a   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^a   Einsle, Franziska ^a   Lang, Thomas ^a,b,c   Helbig Lang, Sylvia ^a,b   Fydrich, Thomas ^d   Fehm, Lydia ^d   Hamm, Alfons O ^e   Richter, Jan ^e   Alpers, George W ^f,g   Gerlach, Alexander L ^h,i   Ströhle, Andreas ^j   Kircher, Tilo ^k   Deckert, Jürgen ^f   Zwanzger, Peter ^h   Höfler, Michael ^a   Arolt, Volker ^h  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^j CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^k PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

agoraphobia; CBT; exposure; panic disorder; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOBILITY INVENTORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958802385     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023584     Document Type: Article

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