Research review: attention bias modification (ABM): a novel treatment for anxiety disorders
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Attention bias modification (ABM) is a newly emerging therapy for anxiety disorders that is rooted in current cognitive models of anxiety and in established experimental data on threat‐related attentional biases in anxiety. This review describes the evidence indicating that ABM has the potential to become an enhancing tool for current psychological and pharmacological treatments for anxiety or even a novel standalone treatment. The review also outlines the gaps in need of bridging before ABM techniques could be routinely applied and incorporated into standard treatment protocols.
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- Authors
- Bar‐Haim, Y.
- Affiliations
- Tel Aviv University (IL)
- Corresponding author
- Bar‐Haim, Yair
- ORCID
- Bar‐Haim, Yair
- Venue
- Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2010-07-09
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 859-870
- ISSN
- 0021-9630 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-7610
- OpenAlex
- W1918330770
- Cited by
- 556
- References
- 93
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 36 · 2019: 44 · 2018: 52 · 2017: 42 · 2016: 38 · 2015: 56 · 2014: 44 · 2013: 52 · 2012: 44
- FWCI
- 5.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Israel Science Foundation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
- Keywords
- attentional bias modification, anxiety disorders, cognitive models of anxiety, psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, treatment integration, child and adolescent anxiety
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Anxiety Disorders, Arousal, Attention, Child, Emotions, Facial Expression, Humans, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Semantics, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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