Directed threat imagery in generalized anxiety disorder

Christine Buff, Claudia C. Schmidt, Leonie Brinkmann, Bettina Gathmann, Sara V. Tupak, Thomas Straube

Psychological Medicine · 2017 · 29 citations · 63 references

Abstract

The present study presents the first behavioral and neural evidence for emotional reactivity during directed threat imagery in GAD. The brain activity pattern suggests an involvement of a fear processing network as a neural correlate of initial exposure during directed imagery in CBT in GAD.

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