Moderators and non-specific predictors of treatment outcome for anxiety disorders: A comparison of cognitive behavioral therapy to acceptance and commitment therapy

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 786-799

  Wolitzky Taylor, Kate B ^a   Arch, Joanna J ^b   Rosenfield, David ^c   Craske, Michelle G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acceptance and commitment therapy; cognitive behavioral therapy; treatment moderators

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV-TR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RACE; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874095927     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029418     Document Type: Article

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