The role of safety behaviors in exposure-based treatment for panic disorder and agoraphobia: Associations to symptom severity, treatment course, and outcome

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 836-844

  Helbig Lang, Sylvia ^a,b   Richter, Jan ^c   Lang, Thomas ^b,d   Gerlach, Alexander L ^e   Fehm, Lydia ^f   Alpers, Georg W ^g   Ströhle, Andreas ^h   Kircher, Tilo ⁱ   Deckert, Jürgen ^j   Gloster, Andrew T ^k   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d Christoph Dornier Foundation for Clinical Psychology   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^f HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^h CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

ⁱ PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Agoraphobia; Behavioral assessment; Exposure; Panic disorder; Safety behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908126012     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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