Cognitive bias modification procedures in the management of mental disorders

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 114-120

  MacLeod, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

attentional bias modification; CBM; CBM A; CBM I; cognitive bias modification; interpretive bias modification

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ATTENTION; BODY IMAGE; COGNITIVE BIAS MODIFICATION TARGETING ATTENTION; COGNITIVE BIAS MODIFICATION TARGETING INTERPRETATION; DEPRESSION; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOM;

ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 84857060422     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32834fda4a     Document Type: Review

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