Research Review: Attention bias modification (ABM): A novel treatment for anxiety disorders

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 859-870

  Bar Haim, Yair ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SEMANTICS;

EID: 77954531445     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02251.x     Document Type: Article

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