Maximizing exposure therapy: An inhibitory learning approach;Maximizar la terapia de exposición: Un enfoque basado en el aprendizaje inhibitorio

Revista de Psicopatologia y Psicologia Clinica

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-24

  Torrents Rodas, David ^a   Fullana, Miquel A ^a,b   Vervliet, Bram ^c   Treanor, Michael ^d   Conway, Chris ^d   Zbozinek, Tomislav ^d   Craske, Michelle G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Parc de Salut Mar ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure therapy; Inhibitory learning; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Panic disorder; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Social phobia; Specific phobia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979792180     PISSN: 11365420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5944/rppc.vol.1.num.1.2015.14403     Document Type: Article

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