AN OPEN TRIAL of EMOTION REGULATION THERAPY for GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER and COOCCURRING DEPRESSION

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 614-623

  Mennin, Douglas S ^a   Fresco, David M ^b   Ritter, Michael ^c   Heimberg, Richard G ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety anxiety disorders; behavior therapy; clinical trials; depression; emotion regulation; generalized anxiety disorder; mindfulness meditation; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE INTENSITY SCALE; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT; DIFFICULTIES IN EMOTION REGULATION SCALE; EMOTION ASSESSMENT; EMOTION REGULATION QUESTIONNAIRE; EMOTION REGULATION THERAPY; EXPERIENCES QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FIVE FACET MINDFULNESS QUESTIONNAIRE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD AND ANXIETY SYMPTOM QUESTIONNAIRE; OPEN STUDY; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; SHEEHAN DISABILITY SCALE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84937977106     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22377     Document Type: Article

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