Attentional bias modification in posttraumatic stress disorder: A randomized controlled trial

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 99-105

  Schoorl, Maartje ^a,c   Putman, Peter ^a   Van Der Does, Willem ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Leiden Institute of Brain and Cognition ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Attentional bias modification; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BIAS MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DSM-IV; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TREATMENT DURATION; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EFFECT SIZE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; MENTAL PATIENT; PILL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PLACEBO;

EID: 84871854000     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341920     Document Type: Article

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