Proposed diagnostic criteria for misophonia: A multisensory conditioned aversive reflex disorder

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue NOV, 2017, Pages

  Dozier, Thomas H ^a   Lopez, Michelle ^a,b,c   Pearson, Christopher ^a,d  

^a Misophonia Institute   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Stress and Anxiety Management   (United States)

^d John Cox Health and Physiotherapy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anger; Anxiety; Classical conditioning; Diagnostic criteria; Misophonia; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Sound sensitivity; Symptomatology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034596539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01975     Document Type: Note

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