Why do clinicians exclude anxious clients from exposure therapy?

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-53

  Meyer, Johanna M ^a   Farrell, Nicholas R ^a   Kemp, Joshua J ^a   Blakey, Shannon M ^a   Deacon, Brett J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Dissemination; Exposure therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX 3; ARTICLE; BROKEN LEG EXCEPTION SCALE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASTERS EDUCATION; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRODUCT SAFETY; PSYCHOMETRY; THERAPIST BELIEFS ABOUT EXPOSURE SCALE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84894052150     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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