Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders

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Erika S Trent1, Eric A Storch2

  • 1Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, MS:350, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Health and Biomedical Sciences Building 1, 4849 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77204, USA.

The Psychiatric Clinics of North America
|November 6, 2024
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AnxietyCase vignetteCognitive behavioral therapyCognitive therapyEvidence-based treatmentExposure therapyPanicPhobia

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