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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"Social anxiety disorder"”.
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Neurobiological aspects of social anxiety disorder
… investigates the functional neuroanatomy of SAD [Social Anxiety Disorder] using an activation likelihood-estimate meta-analysis (ALE meta-analysis), and explores the structural basis of SAD using a cortical thickness and subcortical gray matter volume analysis.
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The brain age gap in social anxiety disorder
… brain ageing in neuropsychiatric diseases. Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a disabling mental illness, which has been associated with both structural brain deficits and advanced biological ageing. However, brain age research has yet to be conducted in adults diagnosed with SAD. The present …
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Sleep and exposure therapy in adults with social anxiety disorder
Exposure therapy is an effective treatment for Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD), yet many patients do not respond to treatment, experience partial remission, or relapse following initial therapy success. Deficits in therapeutic learning may explain why some individuals derive little or no benefit from …
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The effects of approach-avoidance modification on social anxiety disorder
… of unhealthy avoidance tendencies as observed in social anxiety. In the current double-blind study, 43 adults (aged 18 to 53) with social anxiety disorder were randomly assigned to an active condition (implicit training to approach smiling faces) or control condition (equal approach and avoidance …
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Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy for Social Anxiety Disorder: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis
Social anxiety disorder is the fourth most prevalent mental disorder in the US. Over the past several decades, psychotherapeutic, specifically cognitive behavioral, and pharmacologic approaches have been found efficacious for social anxiety disorder. A number of meta-analyses have been conducted …
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The structural neurobiology of social anxiety disorder : a clinical neuroimaging study
… have explored the functional neuroanatomy of social anxiety disorder (SAD), comparatively few studies have investigated the structural underpinnings in SAD. 18 psychopharmacologically and psychotherapeutically naïve adult patients with a primary Axis I diagnosis of generalized social anxiety …
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Blushing and gaze avoidance in social anxiety disorder : a structural neuroanatomical investigation
Background: Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a common psychiatric condition characterised by fear and avoidance of social situations. Lifetime prevalence is 5-16% and co-morbidity with other mood and substance abuse disorders is common. Symptoms including cognitive, behavioural and physiological …
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder in Youth: Are They Distinguishable?
Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is defined by persistent, irrational anxiety in social situations while generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is characterized by excessive worry unrelated to any specific situation. These two disorders share some features and are frequently comorbid in children and …
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Investigating and targeting potential mechanisms of outcome in exposure therapy for social anxiety disorder
Though exposure-based treatments for social anxiety disorder (SAD) are efficacious, not everyone benefits, and we still do not fully understand how and under what conditions this treatment works. Fruitful approaches to better understanding and improving exposure therapy 1) identify predictors of …
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The role of appraisal in the development of posttraumatic stress disorder and social anxiety disorder
… to the onset and maintenance of emotional disorders, such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We explored the association between posttraumatic appraisal processes after experiencing life and/or social threat among women with a trauma history from the SAGA cohort (n = 66). We compared …
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Pharmacotherapy for Social Anxiety Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: New Meta-Analytic Approaches to Synthesising the Evidence
Background Social anxiety disorder (SAD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are prevalent, disabling and highly comorbid disorders. SAD is the most prevalent of the anxiety disorders, and PTSD is the central disorder in the DSM-5 section on trauma- and stressor-related disorders. Given the …
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Functional Connectivity of Reward Networks: Characterizing Mechanistic Underpinnings Involved in Positive Affect Deficits within Social Anxiety Disorder
Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is characterized by excessive concern or fear of negative evaluation in one or more social situations and ranks as one of the most common psychiatric disorders. SAD has also been characterized by significant deficits in social motivation and a lack of reactivity to …
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The Effects of Biopsychosocial Explanations of Social Anxiety Disorder on Stigma, Prognostic Pessimism, and Perceptions of Mental Health Treatments
… it remained unknown as to the effects of for anxiety disorders such as Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD). The current study attempted to expand the literature by examining the effects both biological and biopsychosocial etiological explanations of SAD on ratings of stigma, prognostic pessimism, …
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The effect of childhood trauma in the development of alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence in individuals with social anxiety disorder
… trauma have been reported in previous studies of anxiety disorders, and social anxiety disorder (SAD) in particular. Yet the exact nature of this relationship remains unclear. This study aimed to assess whether SAD is a risk factor for later development of alcohol use disorders (AUD) and to …
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Cognitive behavioral group therapy for social anxiety disorder: Effectiveness study at the Icelandic center for Treatment of Anxiety disorders for youths
Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is one the most common anxiety disorders in adolescence and can have inhibiting impact on individuals life. The purpose of this research study was to examine the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBGT) for adolescents with SAD in Iceland. The …
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Who Gets Better and Why? Predicting the Development of a Working Alliance and its Subsequent Role in Pharmacotherapy for Social Anxiety Disorder
Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is highly prevalent and associated with high levels of impairment and distress. Therapies for SAD leave many patients symptomatic at the end of treatment, and little is known about predictors of treatment response or the mechanisms by which these variables exert their …
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Common and Distinct Neural Mechanisms of Fear Acquisition and Reversal in comorbid Autism with Social Anxiety and Social Anxiety Disorder uncomplicated by Autism
Social Anxiety (SAD) increases in prevalence as children enter adolescence. Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are diagnosed with comorbid SAD at higher rates than these individuals are diagnosed with other clinical disorders, including depression and other anxiety disorders. However, …
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La efectividad de la terapia de aceptación y compromiso como tratamiento para el trastorno de ansiedad social: revisión aplicada
… the first option for the treatment of different disorders. One of them is social anxiety disorder, a frequent disorder that is increasing considering the current digitalized context. However, there is a significant group of clients who do not respond or are remittent to treatment. Therefore, the …
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The Effect of Alcohol Outcome Expectancies on the Relationship of Social Anxiety and Desirability of Alcohol
<p>The comorbidity of Social anxiety disorder and alcohol use disorders is well-documented in the research literature. However, conflicting findings have been noted in cross-sectional investigations of this link; some studies indicate that individuals with Social anxiety disorder are more likely to …
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