Efficacy of Psychiatric Treatment to Treat a Specific Phobia of Intravitreal Injections in a Patient with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration [PDF]
Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2021 Intravitreal injection of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) is essential for the treatment of macular diseases such as wet age-related macular degeneration and macular edema.
Atsuta Ozaki +5 more
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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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Effectiveness of Guided Internet‐Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adult Anxiety and Depression in Routine Care: An Observational Study [PDF]
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric ResearchIntroduction Internet‐based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) could help bridge the gap in treatment provision for mental disorders. iCBT is efficacious for the treatment of anxiety and depression in RCTs.
Esben Kjems Jensen +3 more
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Facing Your Fear in Immersive Virtual Reality: Avoidance Behavior in Specific Phobia. [PDF]
Front Behav Neurosci, 2022 Specific phobias are the most common anxiety disorder and are characterized by avoidance behavior. Avoidance behavior impacts daily function and is proposed to impair extinction learning.
Binder FP +3 more
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The Childbirth Fear Questionnaire and the Wijma Delivery Expectancy Questionnaire as Screening Tools for Specific Phobia, Fear of Childbirth. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Background: Perinatal anxiety and related disorders are common (20%), distressing and impairing. Fear of childbirth (FoB) is a common type of perinatal anxiety associated with negative mental health, obstetrical, childbirth and child outcomes.
Fairbrother N +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2014 UnlabelledAnxiety is common in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), with specific fears and phobias one of the most frequent subtypes. Specific fears and phobias can have a serious impact on young people with ASD and their families.
Morag Maskey +4 more
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Changes in Brain Activation through Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with Exposure to Virtual Reality: A Neuroimaging Study of Specific Phobia. [PDF]
J Clin Med, 2021 Background: Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with exposure is the treatment of choice for specific phobia. Virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) has shown benefits for the treatment and prevention of the return of fear in specific phobias by ...
Álvarez-Pérez Y +6 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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Definitions, 2020 An anxiety disorder characterized by an intense, irrational fear cued by the presence or anticipation of a specific object or situation. Exposure to the phobic stimulus immediately provokes an anxiety response.
Joshua D. Lipsitz
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