Anxiety Disorders: Panic Disorder With and Without Agoraphobia

Psychiatry: Third Edition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1392-1408

  Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a   Taylor, Steven ^b   First, Michael B ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agoraphobia; Avoidance; Catastrophic misinterpretations; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Course; Etiology; Fear network; History; Panic attacks; Panic disorder; Pharmacotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889849446     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470515167.ch69     Document Type: Chapter

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