Phobic postural vertigo: a cognitive-behavior approach.

نویسندگان

  • Aline Sardinha
  • Valfrido L de-Melo-Neto
  • Eliane M O Falcone
  • Antonio E Nardi
چکیده

VERTIGEM POSTURAL FóbICA: UMA AbORdAGEM COGnITIVA-COMPORTAMEnTAL Clinical Psychologist, Graduate Student and Researcher of the Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil (UFRJ); MD, Msc. Graduate Student and Researcher of the Institute of Psychiatry, UFRJ; Ph.D., Associate Professor of Institute of Psychology, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil (UERJ); MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medical School/Institute of Psychiatry, UFRJ. This research project is supported by the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), grant 554411/2005-9.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

دوره 67 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009