Efficacy of cognitive bias modification interventions in anxiety and depression: Meta-analysis

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-16

  Cristea, Ioana A ^a,b   Kok, Robin N ^c,d   Cuijpers, Pim ^c,e  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE BIAS; COGNITIVE BIAS MODIFICATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANXIETY; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; PUBLICATION BIAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84920398422     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.146761     Document Type: Review

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