Attention bias away from threat during life threatening danger predicts PTSD symptoms at one-year follow-up

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 406-411

  Wald, I ^a   Shechner, T ^a   Bitton, S ^a   Holoshitz, Y ^b   Charney, D S ^b   Muller, D ^b   Fox, N A ^c   Pine, D S ^d   Bar Haim, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; attention bias; PTSD; stress; threat

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; THREAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTORS; SEMANTICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955589952     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20808     Document Type: Article

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