Intolerance of uncertainty and transdiagnostic group cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue , 2016, Pages 108-114

  Talkovsky, Alexander M ^a   Norton, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Group therapy; Intolerance of uncertainty; Transdiagnostic therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ANXIETY; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER DIAGNOSTIC QUESTIONNAIRE; ANXIETY DISORDERS INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR DSM-IV; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BRIEF FEAR OF NEGATIVE EVALUATION SCALE; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY; MALE; PANIC; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TRANSDIAGNOSTIC GROUP COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; GROUP THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975499226     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.05.002     Document Type: Article

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