Review of attentional bias modification: A brain-directed treatment for eating disorders

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 464-474

  Renwick, Beth ^a   Campbell, Iain C ^a   Schmidt, Ulrike ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anorexia nervosa; anxiety; attentional bias; bulimia nervosa; eating disorder

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BIAS MODIFICATION TREATMENT; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; BULIMIA NERVOSA; EATING DISORDER;

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EATING DISORDERS; HUMANS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84886642007     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.2248     Document Type: Review

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