Can we harness computerised cognitive bias modification to treat anxiety in schizophrenia? A first step highlighting the role of mental imagery

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 451-455

  Steel, Craig ^a   Wykes, Til ^b   Ruddle, Anna ^c   Smith, Gina ^d   Shah, Dhruvi M ^e   Holmes, Emily A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognitive bias; Computerised therapy; Interpretation; Mental Imagery; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICIPATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIMULATION; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKING MEMORY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER; ETIOLOGY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955171503     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.04.042     Document Type: Article

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