Health and wellbeing during transition to adulthood for young people with intellectual disabilities: a qualitative study [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Transition to adulthood may have negative consequences for health and wellbeing in individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID), but this aspect of transition has received little investigation. This qualitative study aimed to explore the
Cooper, Sally-Ann +2 more
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Evaluating emotional distress and health-related quality of life in patients with heart failure and their family caregivers:Testing dyadic dynamics using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model [PDF]
, 2020 Purpose: 1) To compare levels of emotional symptoms and health-related quality of life between patients with heart failure and their family caregivers; and 2) to examine whether patients’ and caregivers’ emotional symptoms were associated with their own,
Andreis, Federico +8 more
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Test-Retest Reliability of Two Computationally-Characterised Affective Bias Tasks
Computational PsychiatryAffective biases are commonly seen in disorders such as depression and anxiety, where individuals may show attention towards and preferential processing of negative or threatening stimuli.
Alexandra C. Pike +4 more
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Behavioural Neurology, 2014 Tics in Tourette syndrome (TS) are often preceded by “premonitory urges”: annoying feelings or bodily sensations. We hypothesized that, by reducing annoyance of premonitory urges, tic behaviour may be reinforced.
Daniel J. V. Beetsma +4 more
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Identification of a prefrontal cortex-to-amygdala pathway for chronic stress-induced anxiety
Nature Communications, 2020 Dysregulated prefrontal control over amygdala has been implicated in the etiology of stress-related psychiatric disorders. Here, the authors show that the dysregulation preferentially occurs in amygdala neurons that are mono- but not bi-directionally ...
Wei-Zhu Liu +10 more
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A Behavioral Test of Contamination Fear in Excessive Health Anxiety [PDF]
, 2012 Hypochondriasis and health anxiety are characterized by preoccupation with the fear of currently having a serious physical illness. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders conceptualization of hypochondriasis does not include ...
Brady, Robert Edwin
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) includes several rare overgrowth disorders resulting from somatic gain‐of‐function mutations in PIK3CA. Despite treatment advances, including the recent approval of alpelisib for PROS in the United States, literature detailing the patient experience with PROS is limited.
Vamsi Bollu +8 more
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Health anxiety and hypochondriasis : the patient's perspective : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2009 Appendix C page 107 removed due to Copyright restrictionsThis qualitative study using a social constructionist epistemology looked at seven individuals' experiences of health anxiety and hypochondriasis.
Beckett, Jennifer Jean
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Patterns and frequency of anxiety in women undergoing gynaecological surgery [PDF]
, 2006 Patterns and frequency of anxiety in women undergoing gynaecological surgery Aims. Within a gynaecological surgical setting to identify the patterns and frequency of anxiety pre- and postoperatively; to identify any correlation between raised anxiety ...
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee +9 more
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