Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Targeting Intolerance of Uncertainty

CBT for Anxiety Disorders: A Practitioner Book

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 57-85

  Robichaud, Melisa ^a,b  

^a Vancouver Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CBT IU cognitive model; Cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT); Differential diagnosis; Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD); Intolerance of uncertainty (IU)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886329173     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118330043.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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