Background Phobic disorders are highly prevalent and constitute a considerable burden for patients and society. As patients wait for face-to-face psychotherapy for phobic disorders in outpatient clinics, this time can be used for guided self-help ...
Kok Robin N+5 more
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Tomophobia, the phobic fear caused by an invasive medical procedure - an emerging anxiety disorder: a case report [PDF]
Introduction Tomophobia refers to fear or anxiety caused by forthcoming surgical procedures and/or medical interventions. Case presentation We present the case of a 69-year-old Caucasian man who refused urgently indicated medical intervention because of ...
Schmid Markus+3 more
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Objective This nation-wide register-based study investigated how often phobic disorders (PHO) and co-morbid disorders occur in affected families compared to control families.
Hans‐Christoph Steinhausen+4 more
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Phobic disorders and benzodiazepines in the elderly [PDF]
Samuel I. A. Cohen
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Phylo- and ontogenetic fears and the expectation of danger: Differences between spider- and flight-phobic subjects in cognitive and physiological responses to disorder-specific stimuli. [PDF]
Andreas Mühlberger+3 more
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Antidepressants for Phobic and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders [PDF]
Isaac Marks
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Coronavirus: introduction of the application of augmented reality to help children with disorders to overcome the phobia of contamination facing an indefinite end of the pandemic [PDF]
Augmented reality has been increasingly used as a therapeutic tool in psychiatry. In particular, augmented reality exposure therapy (ARET) has been developed from and proposed as an alternative to standard cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for the ...
Naila Bali, Adel Fridhi, Zied Hassen
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Jennifer Green+7 more
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Reducing the meta-emotional problem decreases physiological fear response during exposure in phobics [PDF]
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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A Systematic Review of Thermosensation and Thermoregulation in Anxiety Disorders
Objectives: Sweating, hot flushes, and blushing are symptoms frequently reported by individuals with anxiety disorders. They represent important reinforcers of anxiogenic cognitions and behaviours.
Susanne Fischer+2 more
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