Telephone-delivered psychotherapy for late-life anxiety.
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Telephone-delivered psychotherapy for rural-dwelling older adults with generalized anxiety disorder: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychological Services
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1939-148X,1541-1559
DOI: 10.1037/a0025950