Exposure therapy for emetophobia: A case study with three-year follow-up

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 527-534

  Maack, Danielle J ^a   Deacon, Brett J ^b   Zhao, Mimi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Emetophobia; Exposure therapy; Phobia; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMETOPHOBIA; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORNING SICKNESS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHOBIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TREATMENT DURATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EMETOPHOBIA; EXPOSURE THERAPY; PHOBIA; VOMITING;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; VOMITING;

EID: 84883031011     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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