Cognitive-behavior therapy resolves implicit fear associations in generalized anxiety disorder

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-23

  Reinecke, Andrea ^a   Rinck, Mike ^b   Becker, Eni S ^c   Hoyer, Jürgen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bias; CBT; Generalized anxiety disorder; Implicit associations; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 84869113211     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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