Where have they gone? Tracking movement patterns to document the process of situational exposure in agoraphobia

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 171-179

  White, Andrew J ^a   Umpfenbach, Katja ^a   Alpers, Georg W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agoraphobia; Ambulatory assessment; GPS; Heart rate; Movement patterns; Panic disorder with agoraphobia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902471861     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036538     Document Type: Article

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