High current anxiety symptoms, but not a past anxiety disorder diagnosis, are associated with impaired fear extinction.

Although impaired fear extinction has repeatedly been demonstrated in patients with anxiety disorders, little is known about whether these impairments persist after treatment. The current comparative exploratory study investigated fear extinction in 26 patients treated for their anxiety disorder in...

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Main Authors: Puck eDuits, Danielle C. eCath, Ivo eHeitland, Johanna M. P. eBaas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
cue
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00252/full