Attention Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT) for Anxiety Disorders in Youth
Anxiety Disorders
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Anxiety Disorders focused on measuring attention bias modification treatment, attention training, anxiety disorders, clinical trials
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Primary diagnosis of GAD, SOP, or SAD.
- Co-morbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or depressive disorders must be treated with medication and stable.
- Tics or impulse control problems must be treated with medication, stable and cause minimal or no impairment.
Exclusion Criteria: To be excluded youth must:
- meet diagnostic criteria for Organic Mental Disorders, Psychotic Disorders, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, or Mental Retardation.
- show high likelihood of hurting themselves or others.
- have not been living with a primary caregiver who is legally able to give consent for the child's participation.
- be a victim of previously undisclosed abuse requiring investigation or ongoing supervision.
- be involved currently in another psycho-social treatment.
- have a serious vision problem that is not corrected with prescription lenses.
- have a physical disability that interferes with their ability to click a mouse button rapidly and repeatedly.
Sites / Locations
- Tel-Aviv University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Experimental
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Placebo Comparator
Attention Bias Modification treatment (ABMT)
Exposure only +ABMT
Attention training only +ABMT
Placebo group
Attention training via repeated trials of a dot-probe task intended to direct attention away from threat stimuli using threat and neutral face stimuli.
Identical discrimination task including exposure to a single threat or neutral face stimulus in each trial.
Attention training via repeated trials of a dot-probe task using non-emotional stimuli.
Identical discrimination task including a single non-emotional stimulus in each trial.