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Cortisol levels in response to starting school in children at increased risk for social phobia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Background: Research on depression has identified hyperactivity of the HPA axis as a potential contributory factor to the intergenerational transmission of affective symptoms. However, this has not yet been examined in the context of social phobia. The
Cooper, Peter   +6 more
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Specific phobia predicts psychopathology in young women [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: Although specific phobia is characterized by an early age at onset and by high rates of comorbidity, few studies have examined comorbid relationships prospectively.
Becker, Eni   +4 more
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A latent class analysis of parental bipolar disorder: examining associations with offspring psychopathology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Bipolar disorder (BD) is highly heterogeneous, and course variations are associated with patient outcomes. This diagnostic complexity challenges identification of patients in greatest need of intervention.
Freed, Rachel D.   +4 more
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A rare case report of alektorophobia in an adult male

open access: yesAnnals of Indian Psychiatry, 2018
Alektorophobia is a term specific to fear of chickens/hens. It is a type of ornithophobia (fear of birds) which comes under specific phobia, animal type.
Suvarna Jyothi Kantipudi   +2 more
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Is Continued Improvement After Automated Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Spider Phobia Explained by Subsequent in-vivo Exposure? A First Test of the Lowered Threshold Hypothesis

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Consumer Virtual Reality (VR) technology offers a powerful, immersive medium for scalable dissemination of mental health interventions. Decades of research has shown VR exposure therapy to be efficacious in the treatment of anxiety disorders and that the
Philip Lindner   +10 more
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Adequate screening of youngsters for depressive characteristics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Introduction. In order to set up an effective early-detection of depressive symptoms in youngsters, the current study aims to investigate whether two measure moments of the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) improve screening and whether a multi ...
Braet, Caroline   +4 more
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Handheld or head-mounted? An experimental comparison of the potential of augmented reality for animal phobia treatment using smartphone and HoloLens 2

open access: yesFrontiers in Virtual Reality, 2022
Exposure therapy is an effective treatment for specific phobia that could be further enhanced through Augmented Reality, a novel technology that can facilitate implementation of gradual exposure and promote treatment acceptability.
Nele A. J. De Witte   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Testing the Paleolithic-human-warfare hypothesis of blood-injectiion phobia in the Balitmore ECA Follow-up Study-Towards a more etiologically-based conceptualization for DSM-V [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Objective: The research agenda for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) has emphasized the need for a more etiologically-based classification system, especially for stress ...
Bienvenu, Dr. O. Joseph   +2 more
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Complete recovery from anxiety disorders following Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in children and adolescents: a meta analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) is a well-established treatment for childhood anxiety disorders. Meta-analyses have concluded that approximately 60% of children recover following treatment, however these include studies using a broad range of diagnostic
Cooper, Peter   +6 more
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Specific Phobia

open access: yes, 2019
Of the anxiety disorders, specific phobia is one of the most common, affecting up to 20% of young people. Phobias have a complex clinical presentation in youth and are associated with substantial impairment. If untreated they tend to have an unremitting course resulting in lifelong suffering.
Oar, EL, Farrell, LJ, Ollendick, TH
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