Attention bias modification (ABM) as a treatment for child and adolescent anxiety: A systematic review

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 168, Issue , 2014, Pages 125-135

  Lowther, Helen ^a,b   Newman, Emily ^b  

^a NHS BORDERS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety; Attention bias modification; Children; Review

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; ATTENTIONAL BIAS MODIFICATION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCINFO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904903986     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.06.051     Document Type: Review

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