Attentional bias in adolescents with panic disorder: Changes over an 8-day intensive treatment program

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-204

  Wiener, Courtney ^a   Perloe, Alexandra ^b   Whitton, Sarah ^c   Pincus, Donna ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; Anxiety disorders; attention; cognitive behavioral therapy; panic disorder with agoraphobia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGORAPHOBIA; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PANIC; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGORAPHOBIA; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; PANIC DISORDER; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST;

EID: 84858851439     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465811000580     Document Type: Article

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