Theory of mind impairments in social anxiety disorder

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 530-540

  Hezel, Dianne M ^a   McNally, Richard J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Social anxiety disorder; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THEORY OF MIND; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; EMOTION; FEAR; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902073787     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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