Cognitive Biases in Social Anxiety Disorder

Social Anxiety

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 373-393

  Amir, Nader ^a   Bomyea, Jessica ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-375096-9.00014-6     Document Type: Chapter

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