Single-Session Anxiety Sensitivity Reduction Program for Trauma-Exposed Adults: A Case Series Documenting Feasibility and Initial Efficacy

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 482-491

  Vujanovic, Anka A ^a   Bernstein, Amit ^b   Berenz, Erin C ^c   Zvolensky, Michael J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Interoceptive exposure; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SINGLE SESSION COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL ANXIETY SENSITIVITY REDUCTION PROGRAM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANIC DISORDER; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84862223034     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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