Trial reportBehaviour research and therapy2014
The effectiveness of an attention bias modification program as an adjunctive treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Trial report in Behaviour research and therapy, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02615717 (Using Attentional Bias Modification to Address Trauma Symptoms), which is not on this map. Cited by 37 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Using Attentional Bias Modification to Address Trauma Symptoms
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 93 citations in OpenAlex.
- Limited and inconclusive effects of computer-based neurocognitive training on PTSD, comorbid depression and executive functioning: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Interventions for adults with a history of complex traumatic events: the INCiTE mixed-methods systematic review.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2020Pooled it
- Attentional control may be modifiable with Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy to Prevent Suicide.Behaviour research and therapy · 2021Trial
- Bias-contingent attention bias modification and attention control training in treatment of PTSD: a randomized control trial.Psychological medicine · 2019Trial
- Efficacy of Attention Bias Training for Child Anxiety Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Child psychiatry and human development · 2019Trial
- Protracted amygdalar response predicts efficacy of a computer-based intervention targeting attentional patterns in transdiagnostic clinical anxiety.Translational psychiatry · 2019Trial
- Attention training modulates resting-state neurophysiological abnormalities in posttraumatic stress disorder.Psychiatry research. Neuroimaging · 2018Trial
- Salutary effects of an attention bias modification mobile application on biobehavioral measures of stress and anxiety during pregnancy.Biological psychology · 2017Trial
- A pilot randomized controlled trial of cognitive bias modification to reduce fear of breast cancer recurrence.Cancer · 2017Trial
- Attention training improves aberrant neural dynamics during working memory processing in veterans with PTSD.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2016Trial
- Effect of Attention Training on Attention Bias Variability and PTSD Symptoms: Randomized Controlled Trials in Israeli and U.S. Combat Veterans.The American journal of psychiatry · 2015Trial
- Attentional bias toward food in binge eating disorder: baseline differences and the limits of attention modification training.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Distinct personality profiles associated with disease risk and diagnostic status in eating disorders.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Article
- Measuring and Modifying Threat-Related Attention Bias in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Attention Bias Modification Study.Depression and anxiety · 2024Article
- Resting-state connectivity subtype of comorbid PTSD and alcohol use disorder moderates improvement from integrated prolonged exposure therapy in Veterans.Psychological medicine · 2023Article
- Emotional processing prospectively modulates the impact of anxiety on COVID-19 pandemic-related post-traumatic stress symptoms: an ERP study.Journal of affective disorders · 2022Article
- No change in electrocortical measures of performance monitoring in high trait anxious individuals following multi-session attention bias modification training.Neuroimage. Reports · 2021Article
- PTSD: Past, present and future implications for China.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2021Review
- Which variations of a brief cognitive bias modification session for interpretations lead to the strongest effects?Cognitive therapy and research · 2021Article
- Individualized Web-Based Attention Training With Evidence-Based Counseling to Address HIV Treatment Adherence and Psychological Distress: Exploratory Cohort Study.JMIR mental health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Attention bias modification (ABM) may be an effective treatment for anxiety disorders (Beard, Sawyer, & Hofmann, 2012). As individuals with PTSD possess an attentional bias towards threat-relevant information ABM may prove effective in reducing PTSD symptoms. We examined the efficacy of ABM as an adjunct treatment for PTSD in a real-world setting. We administered ABM in conjunction with prolonged exposure or cognitive-processing therapy and medication in a community inpatient treatment facility for military personnel diagnosed with PTSD. Participants were randomized to either ABM or an attention control condition (ACC). While all participants experienced reductions in PTSD symptoms, participants in the ABM group experienced significantly fewer PTSD and depressive symptoms at post-treatment when compared to the ACC group. Moreover, change in plasticity of attentional bias mediated this change in symptoms and initial attentional bias moderated the effects of the treatment. These results suggest that ABM may be an effective adjunct treatment for PTSD.
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