Cognitive-behavior therapy for anxiety disorders: When intervention fails

The Wiley Handbook of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1197-1214

  McKay, Dean ^a   Arocho, Justin ^a   Brand, Joseph ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Association for behavioral and cognitive therapies; Behavior therapy training institute; Clinician skill; Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT); Intervention failure; Treatment nonadherence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922911880     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118775349.ch55     Document Type: Chapter

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