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Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.
ABM is designed to implicitly modify patients' biased threat attendance via computerized training protocols. Emerging evidence indicates that ABM is effective in modifying threat-related attention biases and in ameliorating anxiety symptoms.
Age
18–60
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Males or females between the ages of 18 and 60;
Current DSM-IV PTSD for the last 12 months or more;
Fluent in English and willing and able to give informed written consent and participate responsibly in the protocol;
Attention bias toward or away from threat assessed by Dot-probe attention bias task
You may not be if
Current DSM-IV Axis I disorder other than PTSD.
Patients with comorbid (i.e., secondary diagnosis of) major depressive disorder (MDD) will be allowed for enrollment if their HAM-D score doesn't exceed 25;
Prior or current diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, organic mental disorder, bipolar disorder, or antisocial, schizotypal, and schizoid personality disorders;
Suicidal ideation or behavior that poses a significant danger to the subject. Unstable clinical condition such that participation in a controlled trial would pose a significant danger;
Prior participation in attention bias modification treatment (ABMT);
Current or past history of seizure disorder (except febrile seizure in childhood);
Currently on psychotropic medication. (excluding the use of hypnotics);
Currently participating in formal psychotherapy. This includes:
* psychodynamic,
* cognitive behavioral and interpersonal therapies
Current unstable or untreated medical illness;
Vision loss.
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