Attention bias in adults with anorexia nervosa, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and social anxiety disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Attention bias to threat (selective attention toward threatening stimuli) has been frequently found in anxiety disorder samples, but its distribution both within and beyond this category is unclear. Attention bias has been studied extensively in social anxiety disorder (SAD) but relatively little in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), historically considered an anxiety disorder, or anorexia nervosa (AN), which is often characterized by interpersonal as well as body image/eating fears.

Methods

Medication-free adults with SAD (n = 43), OCD (n = 50), or AN (n = 30), and healthy control volunteers (HC, n = 74) were evaluated for attention bias with an established dot probe task presenting images of angry and neutral faces. Additional outcomes included attention bias

SUBMITTER: Schneier FR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4891283 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature