Transfer of manualized CBT for social phobia into clinical practice (SOPHO-PRAX) : a study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Background: Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is generally known to be efficacious in the treatment of social phobia when applied in RCT's, namely when the treatment manual is based on the Clark-Wells approach.
Crawcour, Stephen +5 more
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Risk Factors and Comorbidity in Childhood Specific Phobias
This study aims to investigate possible risk factors associated with specific phobias in children and comorbid mental disorders. Patients between 6-18 years of age who had presented to the child psychiatry outpatient clinic at Bezmialem Vakif University ...
Abdurrahman Cahid Orengul +2 more
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Phobia among residents in board training programs in Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2019
Background: Phobia is an extreme form of anxiety or fear which is triggered by a given situation or object or even danger associated with a situation or object for more than 6 months.
Hassan Zaher M ALQarni +8 more
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A meta-analysis of pharmacotherapy for social anxiety disorder: an examination of efficacy, moderators, and mediators [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is among the most prevalent mental disorders, associated with impaired functioning and poor quality of life. Pharmacotherapy is the most widely utilized treatment option.
Borenstein M +8 more
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Treatment of flight phobia (aviophobia) through the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) method: a case report [PDF]
All phobic individuals, when faced with the phobic situation, feel obvious, severe, persistent and irrational fear. The presence of traumatic experiences are not necessary in the etiology of phobias.
nergis lapsekili, zekeriya yelboga
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A rare case of alektorophobia treated successfully with graded exposure therapy
Phobia is a type of anxiety disorder characterized by circumscribed, marked fear or anxiety to a specific object or situation which is out of proportion to the actual danger posed by the concerned object or situation.
Satyakant K Trivedi +2 more
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A meta-analysis of transdiagnostic cognitive behavioural therapy in the treatment of child and young person anxiety disorders [PDF]
Background: Previous meta-analyses of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for children and young people with anxiety disorders have not considered the efficacy of transdiagnostic CBT for the remission of childhood anxiety.
Andy Field +5 more
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Spider phobics more easily see a spider in morphed schematic pictures
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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Personality and phobias in adolescence: age and gender in psychopathological expressions [PDF]
Background: Although the understanding of adolescent phobias is important, this phenomenon has thus far not been adequately researched. This report, based on clinical experience, highlights prevalent phobic phenomena linked to personality characteristics.
Alibrandi, Angela +6 more
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Cognitive Biases in Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia: A Review
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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