Altered neural correlates of affective processing after internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy for social anxiety disorder

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 229-237

  Månsson, Kristoffer N T ^a   Carlbring, Per ^b   Frick, Andreas ^c   Engman, Jonas ^c   Olsson, Carl Johan ^d,e   Bodlund, Owe ^d   Furmark, Tomas ^c   Andersson, Gerhard ^a,f  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cognitive behavior therapy; DlPFC; FMRI; MOFC; VlPFC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMYGDALA; COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DLPFC; FMRI; MOFC; VLPFC;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888304893     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2013.08.012     Document Type: Article

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