Cognitive bias modification: An intervention approach worth attending to

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 118-120

  Macleod, Colin ^a,b   Holmes, Emily A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTIONAL BIAS MODIFICATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EDITORIAL; EYE FIXATION; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHOBIA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84857574157     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11111682     Document Type: Editorial

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