Behavioral and Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments for Youth with Social Phobia

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 615-628

  Scharfstein, Lindsay ^a   Beidel, Deborah C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

review; social anxiety disorder; social phobia; social skills; treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904352444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20438087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5127/jep.014011     Document Type: Article

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