The Metacognitive Model of Worry and Generalised Anxiety Disorder

Worry and its Psychological Disorders: Theory, Assessment and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 177-199

  Wells, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive attentional syndrome; Depressive rumination; Generalised anxiety disorder; Psychological disorder; Worry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889356919     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713143.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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