Characteristics of attentional bias in adolescents with major depressive disorders: differentiating the impact of anxious distress specifier

ConclusionNegative attentional bias is not a stable cognitive trait in adolescents with MDD, and avoidance or difficulty in disengaging attention from negative emotional stimuli may be the attentional bias characteristic of MDD adolescents with anxiety distress.
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research