Generalized anxiety disorder: A comparison of symptom change in adults receiving cognitive-behavioral therapy or applied relaxation

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 490-496

  Donegan, Eleanor ^a   Dugas, Michel J ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

cognitive behavioral therapy; generalized anxiety disorder; mechanisms of symptom change; treatment process research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; RESTLESSNESS; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELAXATION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867064545     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028132     Document Type: Article

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