Is there room for safety behaviors in exposure therapy for anxiety disorders?

Exposure Therapy: Rethinking the Model - Refining the Method

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 313-334

  Telch, Michael J ^a   Lancaster, Cynthia Luethcke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84889081279     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3342-2_18     Document Type: Chapter

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