Threat-related attention bias variability and posttraumatic stress

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 172, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1242-1250

  Naim, Reut ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Abend, Rany ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Wald, Ilan ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Eldar, Sharon ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Levi, Ofir ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Fruchter, Eyal ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Ginat, Karen ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Halpern, Pinchas ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Sipos, Maurice L ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Adler, Amy B ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Bliese, Paul D ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Quartana, Phillip J ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Pine, Daniel S ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Bar Haim, Yair ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d U S ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOLDIER; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ATTENTION; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949239286     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.14121579     Document Type: Article

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