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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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Treatment of specific phobia in older adults
Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2007 Nancy A Pachana1, Rana M Woodward1, Gerard JA Byrne21School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 2School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, AustraliaAbstract: Phobias are common in later life, yet treatment research ...
Nancy A Pachana +2 more
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Phobia Anxiety Disorder: Etiology of Phobia [PDF]
SHS Web of ConferencesIt has been thousands of years since psychology has been researched, but with the clearer distinguishment and conception, there are still many debates and confusion between psychologists to be clarified. Fear, as one of the most common emotion of people,
Chang Xinyi
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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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Cognitive Biases in Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia: A Review [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 Blood-injection-injury (BII) phobia can lead to avoidance of crucial medical procedures and to detrimental health consequences, even among health workers. Yet unlike other specific phobias, BII phobia has been understudied.
Elinor Abado +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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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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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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