Predictors of clinician use of exposure therapy in community mental health settings

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 49, Issue , 2017, Pages 88-94

  Becker Haimes, Emily M ^a   Okamura, Kelsie H ^a   Wolk, Courtney Benjamin ^a   Rubin, Ronnie ^b   Evans, Arthur C ^b   Beidas, Rinad S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Dissemination and implementation; Youth

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; EXPOSURE THERAPY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; RELAXATION TRAINING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RELAXATION THERAPY;

EID: 85018999434     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2017.04.002     Document Type: Article

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