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Treating patients with driving phobia by virtual reality exposure therapy - a pilot study. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
OBJECTIVES:Virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) is a promising treatment for patients with fear of driving. The present pilot study is the first one focusing on behavioral effects of VRET on patients with fear of driving as measured by a post ...
Y Kaussner   +7 more
doaj   +6 more sources

Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Driving Phobia Disorder: System Design and Development [PDF]

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2020
Driving phobia is an anxiety disorder. People are greatly impaired in their daily lives when suffering from driving phobia disorders. The anxieties can be triggered under various conditions, such as driving over bridges, driving at high speeds, or ...
Amy Trappey   +5 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Virtual reality exposure therapy in the treatment of driving phobia [PDF]

open access: yesPsicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa, 2010
A growing number of researches has appeared on virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) to treat anxiety disorders. The purpose of this article was to review some evidences that support the VRET efficacy to treat driving phobia.
Rafael Thomaz da Costa   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Driving Phobia Disorder (2): System Refinement and Verification [PDF]

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2020
Driving phobia is a widespread anxiety disorder in modern society. Driving phobia disorders often cause difficulties in people’s professional and social activities. A growing trend for treating driving phobia is to apply virtual reality exposure therapy (
Amy Trappey   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Clinical characteristics of driving phobia

open access: yesJournal of Anxiety Disorders, 1994
Abstract Fifty-six subjects who were afraid of driving were recruited by advertisement and compared to 31 controls without this fear. Subjects were interviewed and given several questionnaires to gather information for making DSM-III-R diagnoses and to determine their agoraphobia avoidance behavior, driving history, and the history of their phobia ...
Anke Ehlers   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Demographics, clinical characteristics and quality of life of Brazilian women with driving phobia

open access: yesComprehensive Psychiatry, 2014
Driving phobia is associated with serious consequences such as restriction of freedom, career impairments and social embarrassment. The main objective of this paper is to compare clinical characteristics and quality of life between women with driving phobia and women without this phobia.
Antonio E Nardi
exaly   +3 more sources

Patterns of Internet Addiction in an Italian sample: 100% of the sample experience Nomophobia [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry
Introduction Internet Addiction Disorder, a concept introduced for the first time by Ivan Goldberg in 1995, is one of the most recently identified forms of addiction, but already considered a real psychosocial phenomenon, capable of having a profound ...
F. Marcolini, D. De Ronchi, A. R. Atti
doaj   +2 more sources

May reducing driving-related phobia recover developmental topographical disorientation? A case report

open access: yesApplied Neuropsychology Adult
Developmental topographical disorientation (DTD) is more common than expected in healthy populations and can cause psychological disorders, leading to feelings of frustration and failure due to poor navigation. Due to the strict relation and the frequent association between DTD and psychological disorders, it is crucial to understand the impact of ...
Cecilia Guariglia   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

The Lived Experience of Children of people with Generalized anxiety disorder: A qualitative Study [PDF]

open access: yesروانشناسی بالینی و شخصیت, 2023
Introduction: Generalized Anxiety Disorder is characterized by excessive anxiety and worry about various aspects of life or activities. The impact of anxious parents, particularly those with generalized anxiety disorder, can have devastating effects on ...
Marzie Hashemi
doaj   +1 more source

Specific phobia and medical aptitude for work : Case report

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2023
Introduction Specific phobia is an excessive and unreasonable fear of an object or situation that does not represent a real danger. This disorder is widespread among the population.
M. N. Fendri   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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