Mortality in functional seizures: Evidence from a large electronic health records dataset
Abstract Objective Several studies have found that people with functional seizures (FS) have increased mortality, approaching that of epilepsy (epileptic seizures [ES]). The small numbers of deaths in these studies make it unclear whether they can be attributed to comorbidities. We used a very large electronic health database to compare mortality in FS
Richard A. Kanaan +4 more
wiley +1 more source
Instruments for evaluating social anxiety in children and adolescents in Portuguese language [PDF]
El diagnóstico de fobia social es el más frecuente entre los trastornos de ansiedad. Algunos de los instrumentos para la evaluación diagnóstica de este trastorno en la infancia y la adolescencia están siendo validados en lengua portuguesa, en Brasil, con
Boaz, Cristine +4 more
core +1 more source
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
core +3 more sources
ABSTRACT Objective Gaining access to evidence‐informed treatment for eating disorders (EDs) is challenging, and this creates interest in the possible benefits of self‐help treatment methods. We investigated the effectiveness of receiving evidence‐informed self‐guided psychoeducation, delivered to individuals while on a waitlist for specialised ED care.
Linda Booij +5 more
wiley +1 more source
Anxiety and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Context of Human Brain Evolution:A Role for Theory in DSM-V? [PDF]
The “hypervigilance, escape, struggle, tonic immobility”\ud evolutionarily hardwired acute peritraumatic response\ud sequence is important for clinicians to understand. Our\ud commentary supplements the useful article on human\ud tonic immobility (TI) by
Bracha, Dr. H. Stefan +1 more
core +1 more source
Impact of COVID‐19 Lockdown on Psychopathology at the Onset of Eating Disorders
ABSTRACT Objective Previous research has shown that the COVID‐19 pandemic worsened eating‐disorder (ED) symptoms, but most studies have focused on inpatients and compared only two periods: pre‐COVID and the period following the pandemic's onset. Outpatient populations, particularly those with binge eating disorder (BED) and other specified feeding or ...
Elvira Anna Carbone +13 more
wiley +1 more source
Neuroenhancement of exposure therapy in anxiety disorders [PDF]
Although exposure-based treatments and anxiolytic medications are more effective than placebo for treating anxiety disorders, there is still considerable room for further improvement.
Curtiss, Joshua +2 more
core +2 more sources
Neuroanatomical and functional correlates in borderline personality disorder: A narrative review
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is considered a dysfunctional, stable, and pervasive alteration in personality functioning with the inability to adapt to the environment, mental rigidity, and ego‐syntonic, and like all personality disorders is a consistent pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of ...
Giulio Perrotta
wiley +1 more source
Attention bias dynamics and symptom severity during and following CBT for social anxiety disorder [PDF]
Objective: Threat-related attention bias figures prominently in contemporary accounts of the maintenance of anxiety disorders, yet longitudinal intervention research relating attention bias to anxiety symptom severity is limited.
Beevers, CG +7 more
core +2 more sources
Membership‐Making in Diverse Societies: Revisiting the Idea of Society as a Common Possession
ABSTRACT The traditional aim of Western social democracy has been to create a society that is a ‘common possession’ of its members (in T.H. Marshall's words). Social democratic politics has therefore been both society‐making and membership‐making, orienting people to a shared society as an object of attachment and loyalty, and nurturing membership ...
Will Kymlicka
wiley +1 more source

