How an NHS trial is using virtual reality to tackle patients' worst phobias
Following a new approach of virtual reality therapy, which was run as part of a trial by Oxford University in 2018, the NHS is now looking to use the treatment to help those suffering from phobias. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 12, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
No One to Hunker Down With
Three days before we were told to stay home, the man I ’d been dating for a month told me he was self-isolating. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 30, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sophie Sills Tags: Single Persons Loneliness Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Dating and Relationships Phobias Depression (Mental) Source Type: news
Flight anxiety reported from 1986 to 2015 - Grimholt TK, Bonsaksen T, Schou-Bredal I, Heir T, Lerdal A, Skogstad L, Ekeberg Ø.
BACKGROUND: Fear of flying is one of the most common phobias. It hinders people in performing their work and hampers family relations. Even though flight traffic has increased, there are new fears. Valid studies are needed to answer whether there ha... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Masking the memory of fear: Treating anxiety disorders such as PTSD with an opioid
(Tokyo University of Science) While fear memory -- or the ability to remember contexts in which to be afraid -- is important for survival, too much of it, and an inability to forget contexts that no longer apply, hinders daily activities. Recently, scientists from Japan found that a certain opioid drug can help mask some fear memory without causing undesirable side effects. This could make new therapies possible for anxiety disorders like phobias or PTSD. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Anxiety disorders and the brain's resting state networks: from altered spatiotemporal synchronization to psychopathological symptoms - Northoff G.
Anxiety disorders include a variety of different disorders including panic disorder (PD), social anxiety disorder (SAD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and phobias. We here focus our review on GAD, SAD, and PD and put a specific emphasis on resting st... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 3, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Shifting from fear to safety through deconditioning-update - Popik B, Amorim FE, Amaral OB, Alvares L.
Aversive memories are at the heart of psychiatric disorders such as phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Here, we present a new behavioral approach in rats that robustly attenuates aversive memories. This method consists of 'deconditioning' a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Are humans prepared to detect, fear, and avoid snakes? The mismatch between laboratory and ecological evidence - Coelho CM, Suttiwan P, Faiz AM, Ferreira-Santos F, Zsido AN.
Since Seligman (1971) statement that the vast majority of phobias are about objects essential to the survival of a species, a multitude of laboratory studies followed, supporting the finding that humans learn to fear and detect snakes (and other animals) f... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 4, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Non-Human Animals and Insects Source Type: news
Health Tip: Understanding Phobias
(Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - July 25, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry, FYI, Source Type: news
Health Tip: Understanding Phobias
-- A phobia is an anxiety disorder that produces a strong, irrational fear of something that poses little danger, says the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Phobias can range from a fear of highway driving to a fear of blood.
When... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - July 25, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Conquering More Than the Usual Worries at Summer Camp
At this camp, the activities are designed to help children with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - June 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donna De La Cruz Tags: Camps and Camping Children and Childhood Phobias Anxiety and Stress Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Therapy and Rehabilitation Parenting Source Type: news
Scary and nasty beasts: self-reported fear and disgust of common phobic animals - Pol ák J, Rádlová S, Janovcová M, Flegr J, Landová E, Frynta D.
Animal phobias are one of the most prevalent mental disorders. We analysed how fear and disgust, two emotions involved in their onset and maintenance, are elicited by common phobic animals. In an online survey, the subjects rated 25 animal images according... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Non-Human Animals and Insects Source Type: news
Needle Procedures: Let's Try to Do Better Needle Procedures: Let's Try to Do Better
A traumatic experience with an injection can lead to the development of needle phobias in children. How can we do better?Pediatric Nursing (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics Journal Article Source Type: news
Seven seconds of Spiderman viewing yields a 20% phobia symptom reduction
(Bar-Ilan University) As the Marvel Avenger Endgame premieres in movie theaters this week, researchers have published a new article in Frontiers in Psychology which reveals that exposure to Spiderman and Antman movie excerpts decreases symptoms of spider and ant phobias, respectively. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 23, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
How Virtual Reality May Reduce Fear And Anxiety In Adults With Autism
Results of a new pilot study indicate that a combination treatment approach using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and immersive virtual reality environments (VRE) produced noticeable functional improvement in autistic adults with phobias and anxiety. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 25, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Robert Glatter, MD, Contributor Source Type: news
Third Eye Neurotech and Newcastle University break fresh ground for people with autism
Immersive virtual reality is playing a key role in the provision of NHS services to help treat anxieties and phobias. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - February 20, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
