Cognitive bias modification for interpretation with and without prior repetitive negative thinking to reduce worry and rumination in generalised anxiety disorder and depression: Protocol for a multisession experimental study with an active control condition

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Krahé, Charlotte ^a   Mathews, Andrew ^a,b   Whyte, Jessica ^a   Hirsch, Colette R ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive bias modification; depression; generalized anxiety disorder; interpretation bias; rumination; worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GUILT; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INTERPRETATION BIAS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PATIENT WORRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPETITIVE NEGATIVE THINKING; RUMINATION (THINKING); SHAME; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STROOP TEST; THINKING; TREATMENT DURATION; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PESSIMISM; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL BIAS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIAS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESSIMISM; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006717214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013404     Document Type: Article

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