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19 - Targeting Anxiety Sensitivity to Prevent the Development of Psychopathology

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2017

By
Ellen I. Koch ,
Barry D. Eye ,
Grant Ellison  and
Bethany Gourley
Edited by
Moshe Israelashvili  and
John L. Romano
Moshe Israelashvili
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv University
John L. Romano
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
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The Cambridge Handbook of International Prevention Science , pp. 457 - 477
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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