Treatment of Specific Phobia in Children and Adolescents

Handbook of Interventions that Work with Children and Adolescents: Prevention and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 273-299

  Ollendick, Thomas H ^a   Davis, Thompson E ^a   Muris, Peter ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Animal phobia; Children; Phobic avoidance; Physiological arousal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948765047     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470753385.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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