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A Voxel-Based Morphometric Study of Gray Matter in Specific Phobia [PDF]
Life, 2022 The objective of this study was to analyze the neurostructural abnormalities of brain areas responsible for the acquisition and maintenance of fear in small animal phobia by comparing gray matter volume (GMV) in individuals with phobia and non-fearful ...
Francisco Rivero +6 more
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A Mendelian randomization study: causal relationship between immune cells and the risks of social phobia, specific phobia, and agoraphobia [PDF]
BMC PsychiatryBackground Although phobia is a common psychiatric disorder, the underlying biological mechanisms have not been fully elucidated. Complex immune-brain interactions that affect neural development, survival, and function may have causal and therapeutic ...
Jun-Neng Wang +8 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 ...
Myriam Rudaz +4 more
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Abstract This chapter looks at the section on Specific Phobia in the Anxiety and Related Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-5, Child Version: Parent Interview Schedule (PIS). For each situation in Question 1b that the parent endorsed with a fear rating of 4 or greater, the interviewer should inquire about the child's avoidance behavior.
Samra CK, Torrico TJ, Abdijadid S.
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The Lancet Psychiatry, 2018 Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent mental disorders, but the subcategory of specific phobias has not been well studied. Phobias involve both fear and avoidance. For people who have specific phobias, avoidance can reduce the constancy and severity of distress and impairment.
William W, Eaton +2 more
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Case Report: Psychological acupuncture for severe cynophobia with comorbid PTSD [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryObjectivePost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with comorbid specific phobia represents a challenging clinical condition, particularly when patients decline pharmacological or trauma-focused psychotherapeutic interventions due to fear of re ...
Zixuan Wang +4 more
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Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2021 Ophidiophobia (snake phobia) is one of the most common specific phobias. It has been proposed that specific phobia may have an evolutionary origin, and that attentional bias to specific items may promote the onset of phobia.
Ha Trong Dinh +13 more
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An exploration of the nomological network of trypophobia.
PLoS ONE, 2021 BackgroundTrypophobia is characterised by an aversion to or even revulsion for patterns of holes or visual stimuli featuring such patterns. Past research has shown that trypophobic stimuli trigger emotional and physiological reactions, but relatively ...
Eric Mayor +3 more
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Treatment of a woman with emetophobia: a trauma focused approach
Mental Illness, 2012 A disproportionate fear of vomiting, or emetophobia, is a chronic and disabling condition which is characterized by a tendency to avoid a wide array of situations or activities that might increase the risk of vomiting.
Ad de Jongh
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Initial and sustained brain responses to threat anticipation in blood-injection-injury phobia
NeuroImage: Clinical, 2017 Blood-injection-injury (BII) phobia differs from other subtypes of specific phobia in that it is associated with elevated disgust-sensitivity as well as specific autonomic and brain responses during processing of phobia-relevant stimuli.
Leonie Brinkmann +4 more
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