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Case Report: Introducing @tension—a system for improving adherence to exposure therapy in chronic pain patients [PDF]

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Exposure therapy is an effective treatment approach for chronic pain that depends on patient adherence. However, it may evoke fear of pain and even flare-ups, which may lead to non-adherence to the therapy.
Shifra Berkowitz, Keren Sivan Speier, Gadi Bartur, Hadassah Fortinsky, Bracha Auerbach Lawee, Goded Shahaf   +5 more
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Patient and therapist experiences of exposure therapy for anxiety-related disorders in pregnancy: qualitative analysis of a feasibility trial of intensive versus weekly CBT

BJPsych Open, 2023
Background Approximately 15% of pregnant women experience anxiety disorders. Effective treatments exist but their acceptability during pregnancy, particularly exposure therapy, is not known.
Fiona L. Challacombe, Katherine Sabin, Samantha Jacobson, Rose Tinch-Taylor, Laura Potts, Ben Carter, Vanessa Lawrence   +6 more
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The Role of Expectancy Violation in Extinction Learning: A Two-Day Online Fear Conditioning Study

Clinical Psychology in Europe, 2023
[Background] Exposure therapy is at the core of the treatment of pathological anxiety. While the inhibitory learning model proposes a framework for the mechanisms underlying exposure therapy, in particular expectancy violation, causal evidence for its ...
Daniel Gromer, Lea K. Hildebrandt, Yannik Stegmann   +2 more
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Is Continued Improvement After Automated Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Spider Phobia Explained by Subsequent in-vivo Exposure? A First Test of the Lowered Threshold Hypothesis

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Consumer Virtual Reality (VR) technology offers a powerful, immersive medium for scalable dissemination of mental health interventions. Decades of research has shown VR exposure therapy to be efficacious in the treatment of anxiety disorders and that the
Philip Lindner, Philip Lindner, Peter Dafgård, Alexander Miloff, Gerhard Andersson, Gerhard Andersson, Gerhard Andersson, Lena Reuterskiöld, Lena Reuterskiöld, William Hamilton, Per Carlbring   +10 more
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Designing virtual reality exposure scenarios to treat anxiety in people with epilepsy: Phase 2 of the AnxEpiVR clinical trial

Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 2023
Introduction: Anxiety in people with epilepsy (PwE) is characterized by distinct features related to having the condition and thus requires tailored treatment.
Samantha Lewis-Fung, Danielle Tchao, Hannah Gabrielle Gray, Hannah Gabrielle Gray, Emma Nguyen, Susanna Pardini, Susanna Pardini, Susanna Pardini, Laurence R. Harris, Dale Calabia, Dale Calabia, Lora Appel, Lora Appel, Lora Appel   +13 more
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Exposure to exposure: A protocol for leveraging exposure principles during training to address therapist-level barriers to exposure implementation

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
BackgroundExposure therapy is a highly effective but underutilized treatment for anxiety disorders. A primary contributor to its underutilization is therapist-level negative beliefs about its safety and tolerability for patients.
Joshua Kemp, Joshua Kemp, Kristen Benito, Kristen Benito, Jennifer Herren, Jennifer Herren, Zoe Brown, Hannah E. Frank, Hannah E. Frank, Jennifer Freeman, Jennifer Freeman   +10 more
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Handheld or head-mounted? An experimental comparison of the potential of augmented reality for animal phobia treatment using smartphone and HoloLens 2

Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 2022
Exposure therapy is an effective treatment for specific phobia that could be further enhanced through Augmented Reality, a novel technology that can facilitate implementation of gradual exposure and promote treatment acceptability.
Nele A. J. De Witte, Fien Buelens, Glen Debard, Bert Bonroy, Wout Standaert, Fernando Tarnogol, Tom Van Daele   +6 more
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Personalizing Virtual Reality for the Research and Treatment of Fear-Related Disorders: A Mini Review

Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 2022
This mini review presents the current state of the art in studies on the personalization of virtual reality for basic research and treatment of fear-related disorders.
Kamilla Bergsnev, Ana Luisa Sánchez Laws   +1 more
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Addressing fears of children with Williams syndrome: therapist and child behavior in the context of a novel play-and humor-infused exposure therapy approach

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
Many children with Williams syndrome struggle with fears and phobias that significantly impact their daily lives. Yet, there is sparse literature about the impact of behavioral interventions to treat anxiety and phobias among children with Williams ...
Brianna N. Young, Ellora Mohanty, Karen Levine, Bonita P. Klein-Tasman   +3 more
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A Theory of Everything: Overlapping Neurobiological Mechanisms of Psychotherapies of Fear and Anxiety Related Disorders

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2019
Similarities within the phenomenology, neurobiology, psychotherapeutic, and pharmacological treatments of distinctly categorized anxiety and fear related disorders suggest the involvement of common neurobiological mechanisms in their formation.
Arash Javanbakht
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