Attention bias modification: The Emperor's new suit?

BMC Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Emmelkamp, Paul M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention bias modification; Demand characteristics; Social anxiety disorder; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNET; NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL PHOBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862588547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-10-63     Document Type: Note

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