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Nature relatedness: A protective factor for snake and spider fears and phobias

People and Nature, 2022
Worldwide, urbanization has created completely novel environments, which bring many conveniences but carry several drawbacks too. One of the most important disadvantages is that most people living in cities lose contact with nature including interaction ...
Andras N. Zsido, Carlos M. Coelho, Jakub Polák   +2 more
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Radiation in medicine: Origins, risks and aspirations. [PDF]

, 2014
The use of radiation in medicine is now pervasive and routine. From their crude beginnings 100 years ago, diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and radiation therapy have all evolved into advanced techniques, and are regarded as essential tools across ...
Donya, M, ElGuindy, A, Firmin, D, Radford, M, Yacoub, MH   +4 more
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Does prediction error during exposure relate to clinical outcomes in cognitive behavior therapy for social anxiety disorder? A study protocol

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
Facing your fears, or exposure therapy, is an effective psychological intervention for anxiety disorders that is often thought to work through fear extinction learning. Fear extinction learning is a type of associative learning where fear reduces through
Christopher D. Winkler, Peter Koval, Lisa J. Phillips, Kim L. Felmingham   +3 more
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Action-Centered Exposure Therapy (ACET): A New Approach to the Use of Virtual Reality to the Care of People with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Behavioral Sciences, 2018
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can be seen as the result of dysfunctional beliefs that associate stimuli with a danger or a threat leading to anxious reactions. Exposure therapy is so far considered to be the most effective treatment, and research
Sorelle Audrey Kamkuimo Kengne, Mathilde Fossaert, Benoît Girard, Bob-Antoine J. Menelas   +3 more
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A Quality Improvement Initiative to Standardize Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar, Denise M. Connolly, Ellen Kellington, Elyse Zelunka, Karla Kerrigan, Furqan Shaikh, Paul C. Nathan, Meredith S. Irwin, Sarah Cohen‐Gogo   +8 more
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Sickle Cell Disease Is an Inherent Risk for Asthma in a Sibling Comparison Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Sickle cell disease (SCD) and asthma share a complex relationship. Although estimates vary, asthma prevalence in children with SCD is believed to be comparable to or higher than the general population. Determining whether SCD confers an increased risk for asthma remains challenging due to overlapping symptoms and the ...
Suhei C. Zuleta De Bernardis, Okeleji Olayinka, Mariam Z. Quraishi, Lakshmi V. Srivaths, Deborah L. Brown, Neethu M. Menon, Ricardo A. Mosquera, Ashwin P. Patel, James M. Stark, Aravind Yadav   +9 more
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Virtual realities, real recoveries: exploring the efficacy of 3MDR therapy for treatment-resistant PTSD

Frontiers in Psychology
Exposure-based therapies have shown promise in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but challenges exist in maintaining patient engagement and finding appropriate stimuli for graded exposure.
Åsmund Gausemel, Petra Filkuková, Petra Filkuková   +2 more
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Modification of the therapist’s facial expressions using virtual reality technology during the treatment of social anxiety disorder: a case series

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
Exposure therapy is a mainstream of treatment for social anxiety disorder (SAD). However, effort and time are required to recreate interpersonal situations that produce moderate anxiety.
Toshiro Horigome, Toshiro Horigome, Shigeo Yoshida, Shigeo Yoshida, Tomohiro Tanikawa, Masaru Mimura, Taishiro Kishimoto, Taishiro Kishimoto   +7 more
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Combat Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom: A Review of the Literature [PDF]

, 2012
The conflict Afghanistan and Iraq have now taken their places amongst the longest running wars in American history. As many Americans return from military service, the prevalence of combat related post traumatic stress syndrome is estimated to be as high
Kaiser, Dakota J
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D-Cycloserine as an augmentation strategy for cognitive behavioral therapy of anxiety disorders. [PDF]

, 2013
The goal of this review is to examine the clinical studies on d-cycloserine, a partial glutamatergic N-methyl-D-aspartate agonist, as an augmentation strategy for exposure procedures during cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders.
Boettcher, Hannah, Hofmann, Stefan G., Wu, Jade Q.   +2 more
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