Life-threatening danger and suppression of attention bias to threat

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 694-698

  Bar Haim, Yair ^a   Holoshitz, Yael ^a   Eldar, Sharon ^a   Frenkel, Tahl I ^a   Muller, David ^a   Charney, Dennis S ^a   Pine, Daniel S ^a   Fox, Nathan A ^a   Wald, Ilan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAZARD; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREAT; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CUES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRESSION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953013722     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09070956     Document Type: Article

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