Changes in threat-related cognitions and experiential avoidance in group-based transdiagnostic CBT for anxiety disorders

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue , 2017, Pages 65-71

  Espejo, Emmanuel P ^a,b   Gorlick, Amanda ^a   Castriotta, Natalie ^a  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; Experiential avoidance; Probability and cost estimates; Transdiagnostic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; THERAPY EFFECT; THREAT; TRANSDIAGNOSTIC COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; VETERAN; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978516944     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.06.006     Document Type: Article

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