A Randomized Clinical Trial of Transdiagnostic Cognitve-Behavioral Treatments for Anxiety Disorder by Comparison to Relaxation Training

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 506-517

  Norton, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorder; CBT; Relaxation; Transdiagnostic; Unified

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PANIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRANSDIAGNOSTIC COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RELAXATION THERAPY; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84862213141     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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