Impact of education on clinicians' attitudes to exposure therapy for eating disorders

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 76, Issue , 2016, Pages 76-80

  Waller, Glenn ^a   D'Souza Walsh, Katrina ^a   Wright, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Eating disorders; Exposure therapy; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE ASSESSMENT; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EATING DISORDER; EXPOSURE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SEX ROLE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; TRENDS; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING;

EID: 84949819055     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2015.11.014     Document Type: Article

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