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The efficacy of augmented reality exposure therapy in the treatment of spider phobia—a randomized controlled trial

Frontiers in Psychology
The evidence for the use of Augmented Reality (AR) in treating specific phobias has been growing. However, issues of accessibility persist, especially in developing countries.
Tomas Jurcik, Svetlana Zaremba-Pike, Vladimir Kosonogov, Abdul-Raheem Mohammed, Yulia Krasavtseva, Yulia Krasavtseva, Yulia Krasavtseva, Tadamasa Sawada, Tadamasa Sawada, Tadamasa Sawada, Tadamasa Sawada, Irina Samarina, Nilufar Buranova, Peter Adu, Nikita Sergeev, Andrei Skuratov, Anastasia Demchenko, Yakov Kochetkov   +17 more
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Psychometric and clinical validation of the fear of childbirth questionnaire in a UK population

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
Introduction Severe fear of childbirth (FOC) during pregnancy holds significant implications for maternal mental health, decisions about mode of birth, and potentially infant development.
Kayleigh Sheen, Rebecca Hunter, Claire Lyon, Gillian Houghton, Steven Lane, Jane Wilson, Terri‐Lynn Quigley, Pauline Slade   +7 more
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Behavioral Approaches in Overcoming Zoophobia: Modern Desensitization as a Revolutionary Therapy

Jurnal Psikoedukasi dan Konseling
Zoophobia, or excessive fear of animals, is a condition that can interfere with the daily lives of individuals who experience it. The purpose of this study will discuss the behavioral approach in overcoming zoophobia with a focus on modern ...
Salsabila Nasution, Yeni Karneli
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Differentiating Social Phobia from Shyness [PDF]

, 2004
Objectives: This study aimed to clarify the boundaries of social phobia and the nature of shyness. Despite the similarities between social phobia and shyness, the vast majority of shy persons do not meet diagnostic criteria for social phobia ...
Heiser, Nancy
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WAYS OF ACQUIRING FLYING PHOBIA

, 2016
The few studies that have explored how flying phobia is acquired have produced contradictory results. We hypothesized that classical conditioning plays a role in acquiring flying phobia and investigated if vicarious (model) learning, informational ...
Vriends, Noortje, Margraf, Jürgen, Schindler, Bettina, Stieglitz, Rolf-Dieter   +3 more
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Social Phobia

Collegium antropologicum, 2003
Social anxiety disorder (social phobia) is an irrational fear of being observed and judged by other people in various social settings. The individual is afraid that he or she will act in a way that will be humiliating or embarrassing. It is often a chronic, disabling condition that is characterized by a phobic avoidance of most social situations ...
Filaković, Pavo, Đorđević, Veljko, Koić, Elvira, Mužinić, Lana   +3 more
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The Horse is Beaten: From Violence to Sexuality and Back Again

Социология власти
This article explores and critically examines the relationship between violence and sexuality through one of the most famous clinical cases in Freud’s psychoanalysis: the case of Little Hans.
О. V. Timofeeva
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Impact of yoga and naturopathy on stress, anxiety, heart rate variability, and quality of life of a patient with social anxiety disorder

Journal of Integrative Medicine and Research
A 32-year-old male diagnosed with social anxiety disorder (SAD) visited our hospital with complaints of avoiding social events due to fear of negative judgment, difficulty in conveying thoughts, embarrassment, and overthinking.
A. Vijay, L. Nivethitha, R. Arunthathi, A. Mooventhan   +3 more
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Glucocorticoid administration improves aberrant fear-processing networks in spider phobia

, 2016
Glucocorticoids reduce phobic fear in patients with anxiety disorders. Previous studies have shown that fear-related activation of the amygdala can be mediated through the visual cortical pathway, which includes the fusiform gyrus, or through other ...
Thomas Dierks, Wiest, Roland, Masahito Nakataki, Schwab, Simon, Simon Schwab, Heinrichs, Markus, Helge Horn, Dominique J-F de Quervain, Leila M Soravia, Horn, Helge Joachim, Quervain, Dominique J.-F. de, Markus Heinrichs, Dierks, Thomas, Soravia, Leila Maria, de Quervain, Dominique J-F, Andrea Federspiel, Werner Strik, Nakataki, Masahito, Morishima, Yosuke, de Quervain, Dominique J.-F., Horn, Helge, Soravia, Leila M., Yosuke Morishima, Federspiel, Andrea, Roland Wiest, Strik, Werner   +25 more
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Social phobia in Parkinson’s disease: Prevalence and risk factors

, 2014
Bulent Kadri Gultekin,1 Betul Ozdilek,2 Engin Emrem Bestepe1 1Department of Psychiatry, 2Department of Neurology, Erenkoy Research and Training Hospital for Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders, Istanbul, Turkey Objective: We aimed to investigate the ...
Bestepe EE, Gultekin BK, Ozdilek B
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