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5 - Cognitive Bias Modification Strategies for Anxious Children

Attention and Interpretation Bias Retraining

from Part I - Anxiety Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2019

By
Jennie M. Kuckertz  and
Nader Amir
Edited by
Lara J. Farrell ,
Thomas H. Ollendick  and
Peter Muris
Lara J. Farrell
Affiliation:
Griffith University, Queensland
Thomas H. Ollendick
Affiliation:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Peter Muris
Affiliation:
Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands
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Innovations in CBT for Childhood Anxiety, OCD, and PTSD
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Save book to Google Drive

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