Fear Conditioning in Adolescents with Anxiety Disorders: Results from a Novel Experimental Paradigm

• Published in: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 94 - 102
• Main Authors: Lau, Jennifer Y. F, Lissek, Shmuel, Nelson, Eric E, Yoon, Lee, Roberson-Nay, Roxann, Poeth, Kaitlin, Jenness, Jessica, Ernst, Monique, Grillon, Christian, Pine, Daniel S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.01.2008
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation; Adolescent; Adolescents; Anxiety; Anxiety Disorders - diagnosis; Anxiety Disorders - psychology; Anxiety Disorders - therapy; Association Learning; Conditioning; Conditioning, Classical; Desensitization, Psychologic; Extinction, Psychological; Facial Expression; Fear; Female; Humans; Male; Pattern Recognition, Visual

Considerable research examines fear conditioning in adult anxiety disorders but few studies examine youths. Adult data suggest that anxiety disorders involve elevated fear but intact differential conditioning. We used a novel paradigm to assess fear conditioning in pediatric anxiety patients. Sixtee...