Early Maladaptive Schemas and Social Phobia [PDF]
The present study compares core beliefs between a group of patients with social phobia (n = 62), other anxiety disorders (n = 41) and a group of non-psychiatric controls (n = 55).
Castilho, Paula +3 more
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Systematic review and meta-analysis: anxiety and depressive disorders in offspring of parents with anxiety disorders [PDF]
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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Human brain evolution and the "Neuroevolutionary Time-depth Principle:" Implications for the Reclassification of fear-circuitry-related traits in DSM-V and for studying resilience to warzone-related posttraumatic stress disorder. [PDF]
The DSM-III, DSM-IV, DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10 have judiciously minimized discussion of etiologies to distance clinical psychiatry from Freudian psychoanalysis.
Bracha, Dr. H. Stefan
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Transfer of manualized CBT for social phobia into clinical practice (SOPHO-PRAX) : a study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Background: Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is generally known to be efficacious in the treatment of social phobia when applied in RCT's, namely when the treatment manual is based on the Clark-Wells approach.
Crawcour, Stephen +5 more
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A meta-analysis of pharmacotherapy for social anxiety disorder: an examination of efficacy, moderators, and mediators [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is among the most prevalent mental disorders, associated with impaired functioning and poor quality of life. Pharmacotherapy is the most widely utilized treatment option.
Borenstein M +8 more
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Psychopathology in Williams syndrome: the effect of individual differences across the lifespan [PDF]
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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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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Maladaptive cognitive appraisals in children with high-functioning autism : associations with fear, anxiety and theory of mind [PDF]
Despite the well-documented success of cognitive restructuring techniques in the treatment of anxiety disorders, there is still little clarity on which cognitions underpin fear and anxiety in children with high-functioning spectrum disorders (HFASD ...
Hunter, Simon C. +2 more
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The effects of verbal information on children's fear beliefs about social situations [PDF]
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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