Spider vs. guns: expectancy and attention biases to phylogenetic threat do not extend to ontogenetic threat - Abado E, Aue T, Okon-Singer H.
INTRODUCTION: Attention bias plays an important role in specific fears and phobias. Previous studies revealed that a-priori expectancies affect attention toward neutral stimuli but not threatening stimuli. The aim of the current study was to test whether t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
America Has Reached Peak Therapy. Why Is Our Mental Health Getting Worse?
The U.S. has reached peak therapy. Counseling has become fodder for hit books, podcasts, and movies. Professional athletes, celebrities, and politicians routinely go public with their mental health struggles. And everyone is talking—correctly or not—in the language of therapy, peppering conversations with references to gaslighting, toxic people, and boundaries.
All this mainstream awareness is reflected in the data too: by the latest federal estimates, about one in eight U.S. adults now takes an antidepressant and one in five has recently received some kind of mental-health care, an increase of almost 15 mil...
Source: TIME: Health - August 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Snakes vs. guns: a systematic review of comparisons between phylogenetic and ontogenetic threats - Shapouri S, Martin LL.
The potential differences between phylogenetic threats (e.g., snakes) and ontogenetic threats (e.g., guns) can have a wide-ranging impact on a variety of theoretical and practical issues, from etiology of specific phobias to stimulus selection in psychophy... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Scared of heights? How virtual reality can help people overcome their phobias
Virtual reality-based (VR) therapy combines other forms of therapy, including talk, with technology, allowing patients to immerse themselves in their fears in a groundbreaking way. It’s been used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and other mental health diagnoses. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - June 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radio/Tapestry Source Type: news
One-session treatment is as effective as multi-session therapy for young people with phobias
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a talking therapy that can help children and young people overcome fears (phobias). It is routinely delivered over multiple sessions. A new study showed that one-session treatment is as effective as multi-session CBT, and is cheaper.
Phobias are intense fears of everyday objects or situations (such as dogs or having injections) that have a severe impact on children ' s ability to enjoy everyday life. Multiple session CBT is effective, but it is expensive, takes time, and appointments can be hard to get.
Researchers explored whether one-session treatment could be an alternative. It w...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
One-session treatment is as effective as multi-session therapy for young people with phobias
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a talking therapy that can help children and young people overcome fears (phobias). It is routinely delivered over multiple sessions. A new study showed that one-session treatment is as effective as multi-session CBT, and is cheaper. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
An ethologically based view into human fear - Coelho CM, Ara újo AAS, Suttiwan P, Zsido AN.
The quality of the defensive response to a threat depends on the elements that trigger the fear response. The current classification system of phobias does not account for this. Here, we analyze the fear-eliciting elements and discern the different types o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Hypnotherapist reveals bizarre Christmas phobias that are real
Christmas is one of the most joyous times of the year, spent surrounded by family, giving and receiving presents and eating hearty food. But for a small number of Americans and Brits, it can be miserable. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 25, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents - Kowalchuk A, Gonzalez SJ, Zoorob RJ.
Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric conditions in children and adolescents, affecting nearly 1 in 12 children and 1 in 4 adolescents. Anxiety disorders include specific phobias, social anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, agoraphobi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Effects of virtual reality-based graded exposure therapy on PTSD symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Heo S, Park JH.
Previous studies reported that virtual reality (VR)-based exposure therapy (VRET) was a clinically beneficial intervention for specific phobias. However, among VRET, VR-based graded exposure therapy (VR-GET) is little known about its efficacy on posttrauma... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
I have never eaten cucumber, onion – or an egg. Can I cure my extreme food phobias?
I ’ve always been a fussy eater. Could an expert show me a life beyond the kids’ menu?Is anyone more reviled than fussy eaters? Exclude the obvious candidates (murderers, estate agents, Piers Morgan) and it seems unlikely. It ’s unfortunate that an era in which half the population identify as “foodies” has coincided with one in which the other half are convinced that eating wheat, gluten or nightshades will result in certain spiritual death. Worse still are people who swerve entire food groups on the basis of bizar re childhood whims that should have been abandoned with their teddy bears. I should know, I am one ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 5, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Joe Stone Tags: Food Eating disorders Health & wellbeing Counselling and therapy Mental health Life and style Psychology Diets and dieting Society Source Type: news
Danger, Death, and Disgust: Why We Just Can't Look Away Danger, Death, and Disgust: Why We Just Can't Look Away
New research is testing the theory that indulging in morbid curiosity and scary play can help us build psychological resilience, overcome phobias, and deal with genuine scares.WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - October 25, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Danger, Death, and Disgust: Why You Just Can't Look Away
Our penchant for fear dates back millennia. But new research is testing the theory that indulging in morbid curiosity and scary play can help us build psychological resilience, overcome phobias, and deal with genuine scares. So far, the answer is yes. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - October 24, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NZ study finds mobile app able to alleviate symptoms of common phobias
The VR app has been shown to reduce 75% of phobia symptoms after six weeks of treatment. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - July 21, 2022 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Watching pop concerts on a virtual reality headset during an operation instead of an anaesthetic
Doctors are discovering VR's potential as a non-drug way to treat patients - from an alternative to general anaesthetics to a cure for phobias and a potential life-changer for people with chronic pain. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
