Augmented reality exposure treatments in anxiety and related disorders: A systematic review by Jorge Grimaldos, Sara Fernández-Buendía, Juana Bretón-López, Clara Miguel, Pim Cuijpers, Soledad Quero

“…Numerous controlled trials have been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) in exposure treatment for different anxiety disorders. Additionally, several meta-analyses focusing on VR studies are now available. …”
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Self-Healing Therapy for Body-focused Social Anxiety and Body Management in Adolescent Females with Body Image Concerns by Fatemeh Masoudizadeh, Fariba Hafezi, Sahar Safarzadeh, Zahra Dasht Bozorgi

“…Background: Body image concerns and social anxiety, often intertwined, can be significant challenges faced by many adolescent girls and may also serve as symptoms of underlying mental health conditions such as depression or anxiety disorders Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of self-healing therapy on body-focused social anxiety and body management in adolescent girls with body image concerns. …”
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Acid sphingomyelinase modulates anxiety-like behavior likely through toll-like receptor signaling pathway by Huiqi Yuan, Yanan Xu, Hailun Jiang, Meizhu Jiang, Luofei Zhang, Shifeng Wei, Cao Li, Zhigang Zhao

“…Collectively, our findings uncover a role for Asm in regulating anxiety-like behavior and suggest that it may be essential for the maintenance of emotional stability, indicating its potential as a promising target for treating anxiety disorders.…”
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Integrating behavioral and neurophysiological insights: High trait anxiety enhances observational fear learning by Xianchao Ming, Ganzhong Luo, Jinxia Wang, Haoran Dou, Hong Li, Yi Lei

“…These findings highlight the critical role of trait anxiety as a significant risk factor in the development of anxiety disorders.…”
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Mental health and substance use among rehabilitation sciences students during the COVID-19 pandemic by Itumeleng Ntatamala, Saajida Khan, Zenzo Chakara

“…Diagnoses included major depressive disorders (13.27%) and anxiety disorders (11.50%). A mental health diagnosis in the past 12 months was significantly associated with alcohol use (AOR [adjusted odds ratio] = 4.02, 1.06–15.23), prescription medication used to manage academic/social stress (AOR = 5.74, 1.68–19.69), COVID-19 diagnosis (AOR = 5.51, 1.60–18.92) and physiotherapy programme (AOR = 12.35, 1.21–126.44). …”
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A Community-Based Intervention for Mental Health and Wellbeing in Pregnancy and Postpartum: One Healthy Start Site’s Story by Sampson M, Xu W, York FN, Roberson J

“…McClain Sampson,1 Wen Xu,2 Felicia N York,3 Jerry Roberson4 1Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA; 2Department of Innovative Social Work, Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, City University of Macau, Macao, SAR, People’s Republic of China; 3Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA; 4United Associates, Dallas, TX, USACorrespondence: McClain Sampson, Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA, Email mmsampson@uh.eduPurpose: Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) are the leading cause for maternal morbidity and are associated with underlying causes of pregnancy-related death. …”
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Nature, prevalence and determinants of mental health problems experienced by adolescents in south Asia: a systematic reviewResearch in context by Chethana Mudunna, Medhavi Weerasinghe, Thach Tran, Josefine Antoniades, Lorena Romero, Miyuru Chandradasa, Jane Fisher

“…Key MHPs reported across countries include anxiety disorders and depression. Wide ranges of prevalence rates were reported for anxiety in Indian SBS (1.5–81.6%) and NSBS (1.8–88.1%), and for depression, Pakistani SBS (21–79%) and Indian NSBS (0.4–98.5%). …”
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Implementasi Metode Naive Bayes untuk Mendeteksi Stres Siswa Berdasarkan Tweet pada Sistem Monitoring Stres by Diva Fardiana Risa, Fajar Pradana, Fitra Abdurrachman Bachtiar

“…When a person experiences anxiety disorders, especially stress, he will tend to take actions that can express his anxiety on social media. …”
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Pregnancy-Specific Concerns and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Antenatal Women by Sanjay Singh, Vinod G Nair, Virendra Vikram Singh, Shyamji Tiwari, Devendra Arora, Madhusudan Dey, Ravindu Tiwari, Sreeni V Nair

“…Prevalidated questionnaires, Personal Health Questionnaire-9 & Generalized Anxiety Disorder questionnaire-7 were used for data collection. …”
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Rare Mental Health Disorders Affecting Urologic Care: A Comprehensive Review by Abrahim N. Razzak, Nicholas A. Orlando, Alexis Angelette, Vinay Kumar, Danyon J. Anderson, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Joseph S. Fitz-Gerald, Nazih Khater, Ivan Urits

“…This review describes the history, epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and treatment of somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety disorder, compulsive sexual behavior/hypersexuality, factitious disorder, malingering symptoms, and conversion disorder in the realm of urology. …”
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Management of a Female Patient with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Somatoform Disorder by E. A. Trush, E. A. Poluektova, A. G. Beniashvili, O. S. Shifrin

“…With the prior agreement of patient, she was consulted by a psychiatrist and diagnosed with somatization disorder and mild anxiety disorder. On discharge from hospital recommended cognitive-behavioral therapy, continue taking macrogol, as well as treatment with Kolofort. …”
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COVID-19 prevention strategies and compliance among postnatal adolescent mothers with postnatal depression and generalised anxiety in rural Malawi: a cross-sectional study by Sharyn Burns, Linda Portsmouth, Chimwemwe Pindani Tembo

“…The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and the Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) were used to identify the risk of postnatal depression (PND) and generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), respectively. …”
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Tratamientos eficaces para el Trastorno de Ansiedad Social by Carolina Baeza Velasco

“…www.neuropsicologia.cl 127 Tratamientos eficaces para el Trastorno de Ansiedad Social Efficient Treatments for Social Anxiety Disorder Carolina Baeza Velasco * Resumen El Trastorno de Ansiedad Social (TAS), también cono cido como Fobia Social, es reconocido hoy en día como una condición psiquiátri ca crónica e incapacitante. …”
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Investigating shared risk variants and genetic etiology between Alzheimer’s disease and three stress-related psychiatric disorders: a large-scale genome-wide cross-trait analysis by Weijia Dang, Tianqi Hao, Ning Li, Hualin Zhang, Ziqi Li, Hongmei Yu, Yalu Wen, Deqiang Zheng, Long Liu

“…Association analysis based on subsets and cross-phenotype association revealed thirteen risk variants in six genes shared between AD and post-traumatic stress disorder; seven risk variants in four genes shared between AD and anxiety disorder; and 23 risk variants in four genes shared between AD and major depressive disorder. …”
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Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Persian version of worry questionnaire – Contrast avoidance model by Razieh Javaherirenani, Pantea Ahadianfard, Ahmad Ashouri

“…Based on CAQ-W, there is a positive and significant correlation between Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) (r = .846) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) (r = .720). Also, confirmatory factor analysis supported its 3-factor structure. …”
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Anxiety and depression screening reveals the importance of advancing mental health support for Haitian healthcare providers by Youri Encelotti Louis, Brooke Betson, Samy Auguste

“…This study was conducted using a self-report questionnaire containing the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 screening tools, distributed to Haitian healthcare providers nationwide. …”
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Anxiety, Beliefs and Covid-19 in Two Periods of the Pandemic in Brazil: A comparative study by Geovanna Santana de Souza Turri, Renata Elly Barbosa Fonte, Luiz Guilherme Lima-Silva, Andre Faro

“…The methodology adopted the free evocation technique and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-2) symptom scale. The sample was composed of 5,961 women and 1,153 men. …”
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Acquisition and maintenance of disgust reactions in an OCD analogue sample: Efficiency of extinction strategies through a counter-conditioning procedure. by Caroline Novara, Cindy Lebrun, Alexandra Macgregor, Bruno Vivet, Pierre Thérouanne, Delphine Capdevielle, Stephane Raffard

“…<h4>Background</h4>Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has long been considered as an anxiety disorder, disgust is the dominant emotion in contamination-based OCD. …”
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Is Physical Activity Related to Depression and Anxiety among Adults? Observations from a Noncommunicable Disease Screening Clinic in North India by Madhur Verma, Amandeep Kaur, Ankush Upneja, Preeti Dhoat, Jitender Aneja, Rakesh Kakkar

“…Health-enhancing PA (HEPA) was estimated using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), while depression and anxiety were screened using the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder scales. Bivariate and univariate analyses were performed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 to depict our results. …”
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A randomized controlled trial on the effect of smartphone-based mental health application among outpatients with depressive and anxiety symptoms: A pilot study in Malaysia by Sharon Tan, Mohammad Ayob Bin Ismail, Tuti Iryani Mohd Daud, Rozita Hod, Norfazilah Ahmad

“…Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) scores were assessed at baseline and after four weeks. …”
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