Evidence for attention to threatening stimuli in depression

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 695-705

  Mathews, Andrew ^a   Ridgeway, Valerie ^a   Williamson, Donald A ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANIC; THREAT;

EID: 0030250915     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0005-7967(96)00046-0     Document Type: Article

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