Attention bias toward threat in pediatric anxiety disorders

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1189-1196

  Roy, Amy Krain ^a   Vasa, Roma A ^b   Bruck, Maggie ^b   Mogg, Karin ^c   Bradley, Brendan P ^c   Sweeney, Michael ^d   Bergman, R Lindsey ^e   McClure Tone, Erin B ^f   Pine, Daniel S ^g   Walkup, John T ^h   Ginsburg, Golda S ^h   Albano, Anne Marie ^d   Waslick, Bruce ^d   Birmaher, Boris ⁱ   Sakolsky, Dara ⁱ   Iyengar, Satish ⁱ   Kendall, Philip C ^j   Rynn, Moira ^j   March, John S ^k   Compton, Scott N ^k   Piacentini, John ^e   McCracken, Jim ^e   Sherrill, Joel ^l   more..

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^h DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic

^j TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l University of California at Los Angeles ^*

more..

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Attentional bias; Threat

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOBIC DISORDERS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 55249127359     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181825ace     Document Type: Article

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