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
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CORTICO‐LIMBIC RESPONSES TO MASKED AFFECTIVE FACES ACROSS PTSD, PANIC DISORDER, AND SPECIFIC PHOBIA
Exaggerated amygdala and reduced ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) responsiveness during emotional processing have been reported in studies examining individual anxiety disorders.
William D S Killgore+9 more
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The treatment of depression and simple phobia through an interpreter in the North East of England : a case study. [PDF]
A 35-year-old Middle Eastern woman, experiencing moderate depression compounded by animal phobia was referred to an Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service.
Ahmer+10 more
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The etiology of specific phobias: A review
Abstract The present article summarizes theory and data about symptomatology, epidemiology, and etiology of specific phobias. Additionally, the cognitive mechanisms involved in specific phobias are briefly discussed. By and large, the general pattern behind the development of specific phobias can be summarized as follows.
Peter J. de Jong+3 more
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A cognitive-behavior therapy applied to a social anxiety disorder and a specific phobia, case study
George, a 23-year-old Greek student, was referred by a psychiatrist for treatment to a University Counseling Centre in Athens. He was diagnosed with social anxiety disorder and specific phobia situational type.
George D. Tsitsas, Antonia A. Paschali
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Reuse of Specification Patterns with the B Method [PDF]
This paper describes an approach for reusing specification patterns. Specification patterns are design patterns that are expressed in a formal specification language. Reusing a specification pattern means instantiating it or composing it with other specification patterns.
arxiv
Parent and child agreement for acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and other psychopathology in a prospective study of children and adolescents exposed to single-event trauma [PDF]
Examining parent-child agreement for Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents is essential for informing the assessment of trauma-exposed children, yet no studies have examined this relationship ...
A. A. Thabet+49 more
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Background Structural models of emotional disorders propose that anxiety disorders can be classified into fear and distress disorders. Sources of evidence for this distinction come from genetic, self-report and neurophysiological data from adults.
Allison M. Waters, B. Bradley, K. Mogg
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Diagnosis and management of phobic anxiety disorders in primary care [PDF]
Fear or phobia is a common phenomenon, but many people develop specific types of phobic anxiety disorders. The more common ones are agoraphobia, specific phobias and social phobia. Agoraphobia is often associated with panic attacks, while specific phobia
Mak, KY
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Elaborating on Learned Demonstrations with Temporal Logic Specifications [PDF]
Most current methods for learning from demonstrations assume that those demonstrations alone are sufficient to learn the underlying task. This is often untrue, especially if extra safety specifications exist which were not present in the original demonstrations.
arxiv