Anxiety disorders are the most common mental disorders and are often chronic and
disabling. Although exposure-based treatments are effective, a substantial number of …

This article proposes a heuristic framework for the Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment that
incorporates key functional domains derived from the neurocircuitry of addiction. We review …

Background Within maintenance models of social anxiety disorder (SAD), a number of
cognitive and behavioural factors that drive the persistence of SAD have been proposed …

Estimating the reliability of cognitive task datasets is commonly done via split-half methods.
We review four methods that differ in how the trials are split into parts: a first-second half …

Background Research suggests that the positive affect system may be an important yet
underexplored treatment target in anxiety and depression. Existing interventions primarily …

Maltreatment in childhood is associated with a significantly increased likelihood of
psychiatric disorder that endures across the life span. If disorders emerge they tend to be …

Approach action tendencies toward positive stimuli and avoidance tendencies from negative
stimuli are widely seen to foster survival. Many studies have shown that approach and …

We systematically review the literature on approach-avoidance (AA) tendencies in mental
disorders, including 97 empirical studies. Most evidence for the role of biased AA tendencies …

A threatening facial expression is a potent social sign of hostility or dominance. During the
past 20years, photographs of threatening faces have been increasingly included as stimuli …

Studies obtaining implicit measures of associations in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders (4th ed., Text Revision; American Psychiatric Association, 2000) Axis I …