The interplay between therapeutic relationship and therapeutic technique: “It takes two to tango”
Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
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Etiology of anxious and fearful behavior in juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (CLN3 disease)
… During the terminal phase, the cognitive developmental age of JNCL patients is below 2 years. At this stage of mental development individuals act primarily from a concrete world of consciousness and do not have the cognitive ability to encounter a normal anxiety response. Instead, they experience the evolutionary basic emotion of fear, and as
Preoperative state anxiety predicts postoperative health-related quality of life: A prospective observational study on patients undergoing lung cancer surgery
ObjectiveImproving quality of life (QOL) after surgery is very important. Recently, preoperative anxiety has been suggested to predict postoperative health-related (HR) QOL, however the accuracy of anxiety measurement remains problematic. We examined the relationship between preoperative anxiety level and postoperative HRQOL using qualitative and quantitative assessment of anxiety.MethodWe used a detailed anxiety assessment to quantitatively investigate preoperative anxiety as a predictor of postoperative HRQOL in lung cancer patients. Fifty one patients who underwent surgery for lung cancer were included. They were assessed four times: on admission, on discharge, 1 month after surgery, and 3 months after surgery. Anxiety was measured separately as “state anxiety” and “trait anxiety” using the State–Trait Anxiety Inventory, and HRQOL was measured using the EuroQol 5 dimension 5-level.ResultsThe HRQOL decreased at discharge and gradually recovered over time, reaching the same level at 3 months after surgery as at admission. HRQOL score was lower at discharge than at pre-surgery and 3 months after the surgery (p
Movie review: ‘Beau is Afraid’ a thrilling odyssey through anxiety
“Beau is Afraid,” in theaters Friday, captures the surreal feeling of anxiety with enough ambiguity to let the audience interpret the main character’s journey.
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Pandemic May Have Triggered Second “Midlife Crisis” for Over-50s
Anxiety and depression that occurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic appear to trigger a second “midlife crisis” in those aged 50 and older. Researchers say women struggled more than men with psychological distress during the pandemic, and this may exacerbate and accelerate neurodegeneration, mental health, and overall health disorders.
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Health Anxiety and Beliefs About Being Weak and Vulnerable
Do you believe your survival is “barely hanging on by a thread”? You can improve health anxiety by reshaping dysfunctional beliefs.
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Living (dys)regulated and alienated young masculinity—Young men’s embodied experiences of mental disorders and suicidality
Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, EarlyView.
How to Help Children Cope with Anxiety
How to help your child relax and manage their anxiety.
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Self-Administered Nitrous Oxide (SANO) During Transrectal Prostate Biopsy to Reduce Patient Anxiety and Pain
Conditions: Prostate Disease; Malignancy; Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia; Prostate Cancer; Prostate Adenocarcinoma; Anxiety and Fear; PainInterventions: Drug: Self-Administered Nitrous Oxide; Other: OxygenSponsors: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Brigham and Women’s HospitalCompleted
Weight-shaming frequently backfires. Why do doctors and families do it?
Experts say it can lead to everything from depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and other mental-health effects to poor heart health and even death.
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