False Safety Behavior Elimination Therapy: A randomized study of a brief individual transdiagnostic treatment for anxiety disorders

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue , 2017, Pages 35-45

  Riccardi, Christina J ^a   Korte, Kristina J ^a   Schmidt, Norman B ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Cognitive behavior therapy; Safety aids; Safety behaviors; Transdiagnostic treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE SAFETY BEHAVIOR ELIMINATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TRANSDIAGNOSTIC TREATMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85003467434     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.06.003     Document Type: Article

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