Avoidance, safety behavior, and reassurance seeking in generalized anxiety disorder

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 948-957

  Beesdo Baum, Katja ^a   Jenjahn, Elsa ^a   Höfler, Michael ^a   Lueken, Ulrike ^a   Becker, Eni S ^b   Hoyer, Jürgen ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

anxiety; behavior therapy; clinical study; diagnosis; DSM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCLE TONE; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REASSURANCE; SAFETY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RELAXATION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868559943     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.21955     Document Type: Article

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