Purging Anxiety: A Case Study of Transdignostic CBT for a Complex Fear of Vomiting (Emetophobia)

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 230-238

  Paulus, Daniel J ^a   Norton, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

case study; emetophobia; transdiagnostic; vomit phobia

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDER DIAGNOSTIC QUESTIONNAIRE WEEKLY VERSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; DSM-IV; EMETOPHOBIA; EXPOSURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SHEEHAN DISABILITY SCALE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPECIFIC PHOBIA OF VOMITING INVENTORY; SYMPTOM; TRANSDIAGNOSTIC COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945583203     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: 1878187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2015.08.003     Document Type: Article

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