Automatic and strategic processing of threat stimuli: A comparison between PTSD, panic disorder, and nonanxiety controls

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 97-115

  Buckley, Todd C ^a   Blanchard, Edward B ^b   Hickling, Edward J ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

information processing; panic disorder; PTSD; stroop

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0141716465     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013897805918     Document Type: Article

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