Impact of Comorbid Depressive Disorders on Subjective and Physiological Responses to Emotion in Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 290-303

  Seeley, Saren H ^a   Mennin, Douglas S ^b,c   Aldao, Amelia ^d   McLaughlin, Katie A ^e   Rottenberg, Jonathan ^f   Fresco, David M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^g KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Emotion; Generalized anxiety disorder; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNTED AFFECT; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTHYMIA; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HAPPINESS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; SADNESS;

EID: 84949651525     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-015-9744-y     Document Type: Article

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