Integrating Religion and Spirituality Into Treatment for Late-Life Anxiety: Three Case Studies

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 346-358

  Barrera, Terri L ^a   Zeno, Darrell ^b   Bush, Amber L ^b   Barber, Catherine R ^c   Stanley, Melinda A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; Generalized anxiety disorder; Late life anxiety; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

BUSPIRONE; SERTRALINE; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORGIVENESS; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA SEVERITY INDEX; LIFE SATISFACTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84858440906     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: 1878187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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