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A pilot study of sensation-focused intensive treatment for panic disorder with moderate to severe agoraphobia:

Stella Bitran1, Sandra B Morissette, David A Spiegel

  • 1MA, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, Botson, MA 02215, USA. sbitran@bu.edu

Behavior Modification
|February 21, 2008
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