Diagnostic and Symptom-Based Predictors of Emotional Processing in Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder: An Event-Related Potential Study

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 275-289

  MacNamara, Annmarie ^a   Kotov, Roman ^b   Hajcak, Greg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional context insensitivity; ERP; GAD; IAPS; IMAS; Late positive potential; LPP; MDD; RDoC; Transdiagnostic

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANALYSIS; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; INTERVIEW FOR MOOD AND ANXIETY SYMPTOM SCORE; LATE POSITIVE POTENTIAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84941364347     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-015-9717-1     Document Type: Article

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