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Psychopathology in Williams syndrome: the effect of individual differences across the lifespan [PDF]
, 2009 The present research aimed to comprehensively explore psychopathology in Williams syndrome (WS) across the lifespan and evaluate the relationship between psychopathology and age category (child or adult), gender and cognitive ability.
American Psychiatric Association +12 more
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The Lancet Psychiatry, 2018 Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent mental disorders, but the subcategory of specific phobias has not been well studied. Phobias involve both fear and avoidance. For people who have specific phobias, avoidance can reduce the constancy and severity of distress and impairment.
William W, Eaton +2 more
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Systematic review and meta-analysis: anxiety and depressive disorders in offspring of parents with anxiety disorders [PDF]
, 2019 Objective: We conducted meta-analyses to assess risk of anxiety disorders among offspring of parents with anxiety disorders and to establish whether there is evidence of specificity of risk for anxiety disorders as opposed to depression in offspring, and
Creswell, Cathy +2 more
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Rho GTPases in the Amygdala—A Switch for Fears?
Cells, 2020 Fear is a fundamental evolutionary process for survival. However, excess or irrational fear hampers normal activity and leads to phobia. The amygdala is the primary brain region associated with fear learning and conditioning.
Tasnuva Sarowar, Andreas M. Grabrucker
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Reducing the meta-emotional problem decreases physiological fear response during exposure in phobics [PDF]
, 2016 Anxiety disorders may not only be characterized by specific symptomatology (e.g., tachycardia) in response to the fearful stimulus (primary problem or first-level emotion) but also by the tendency to negatively evaluate oneself for having those ...
Buonanno, Carlo +6 more
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Social Phobia and its Association with Academic Performance among Student of Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran [PDF]
Strides in Development of Medical Education, 2014 Background & Objective: Public speaking is a common academic activity Social phobia is associated with fear of public speaking which affects educational achievement However few researches have examined the prevalence of social phobia among university ...
Shahrzad Mazhari +2 more
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Job phobia: School phobia revisited
Comprehensive Psychiatry, 1972 Abstract Job phobia in the adult is psychodynamically similar to school phobia in the child. 16,17 Life's circumstances, with the acquisition of a family and the need to support them and become a mature adult appears to bring to the fore a previously repressed pattern. Since no one will take care of his family, he is forced to do so himself.
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Gaze cuing of attention in snake phobic women: the influence of facial expression [PDF]
, 2015 Only a few studies investigated whether animal phobics exhibit attentional biases in contexts where no phobic stimuli are present. Among these, recent studies provided evidence for a bias toward facial expressions of fear and disgust in animal phobics ...
Dalmaso, Mario +3 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Purpose: This systematic review provides a summary of the available evidence of the efficacy of single-session therapy (SST) on anxiety disorders in both youth and adults.Methods: PubMed, Scopus, Medline, and Google Scholar databases were search for ...
Vanessa Bertuzzi +10 more
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The effects of verbal information on children's fear beliefs about social situations [PDF]
, 2007 Two experiments explored the role of verbal information in changing children’s fearrelated beliefs about social situations. In Experiment 1, 118 6- to 8- and 12- to 13-year-olds heard positive, negative, or no information about individuals’ experiences ...
Andy P. Field +41 more
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