Attention bias modification for youth with social anxiety disorder

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1317-1325

  Pergamin Hight, Lee ^a   Pine, Daniel S ^b   Fox, Nathan A ^c   Bar Haim, Yair ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; anxiety; attention; treatment trials

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOBIA, SOCIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHOBIA, SOCIAL;

EID: 84978829295     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12599     Document Type: Article

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