A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Targeting Intolerance of Uncertainty

Worry and its Psychological Disorders: Theory, Assessment and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 289-304

  Robichaud, Melisa ^a   Dugas, Michel J ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic anxiety; Excessive worry; Generalized anxiety disorder; Somatic management; Symptomatology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889353615     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713143.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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