Nausea in Specific Phobia of Vomiting [PDF]
Behavioral Sciences, 2013 Specific phobia of vomiting (SPOV) is a clinical condition with early onset, chronic course and substantial psychosocial impairment due to a rigorous avoidance behavior. A primary symptom which drives patients to consult a medical practitioner is nausea.
Y. Höller +3 more
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Key factors behind various specific phobia subtypes [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 While it has been suggested that more than a quarter of the whole population is at risk of developing some form of specific phobia (SP) during their lives, we still know little about the various risk and protective factors and underlying mechanisms ...
András N. Zsidó +4 more
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Inferiority or Even Superiority of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy in Phobias?—A Systematic Review and Quantitative Meta-Analysis on Randomized Controlled Trials Specifically Comparing the Efficacy of Virtual Reality Exposure to Gold Standard in vivo Exposure in Agoraphobia, Specific Phobia, and Social Phobia [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Background: Convincing evidence on Virtual Reality (VR) exposure for phobic anxiety disorders has been reported, however, the benchmark and golden standard for phobia treatment is in vivo exposure.
Theresa F. Wechsler +2 more
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Associations of specific phobia and its subtypes with physical diseases: an adult community study [PDF]
BMC Psychiatry, 2016 BackgroundSpecific phobia is the most prevalent anxiety disorder in the community and is associated with substantial impairment. Comorbidity with physical diseases is assumed and has important implications for etiology, treatment, or prevention of the ...
Cornelia Witthauer +6 more
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The moderating role of avoidance behavior on anxiety over time: Is there a difference between social anxiety disorder and specific phobia? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Theories of anxiety disorders and phobias have ascribed a critical role to avoidance behavior in explaining the persistence of fear and anxiety, but knowledge about the role of avoidance behavior in the maintenance of anxiety in social anxiety disorder ...
M. Rudaz +4 more
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Phobia of the Supernatural: A Distinct but Poorly Recognized Specific Phobia With an Adverse Impact on Daily Living [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018 The psychological and psychiatric literature has seldom appreciated the clinical fact that fears of ghosts and kindred supernatural worries may be a cause of intense discomfort, poor sleep, and socio-occupational impairment.
R. de Oliveira-Souza
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Case report: specific phobia of vaginal penetration in a pregnant patient [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023 Specific phobia is frequently unrecognized or untreated unless it causes significant impairment. In this report, we documented a rare case of a pregnant patient who had a specific fear related to vaginal penetration.
Wenqi Geng, Jinya Cao, Li Jin, Jing Wei
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Adaptation and psychometric properties of Severity Measure for Specific Phobia-Adult in an Indonesian sample [PDF]
Health Psychology Report, 2021 Introduction Phobia is known as a type of anxiety disorder characterized by exaggerated and irrational fear about some specific situation, place, or object.
Dian V. S. Kaloeti +3 more
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Spider phobics more easily see a spider in morphed schematic pictures [PDF]
Behavioral and Brain Functions, 2007 Background Individuals with social phobia are more likely to misinterpret ambiguous social situations as more threatening, i.e. they show an interpretive bias. This study investigated whether such a bias also exists in specific phobia.
Partchev Ivailo +6 more
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Haphephobia: a rare specific phobia of being touched [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2022 Introduction Haphephobia is a morbid fear of being touched or touching. The symptoms of Haphephobia are very similar to other specific phobias. Objectives Presentation of a case of haphephobia due to childhood sexual abuse Methods Mrs.
S. Nahar, M. Inam, M. Miah
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