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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"anxiety treatment"”.
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Evaluation of anxiety treatment for children through online education (ACE)
Child anxiety is very common and can potentially have lasting, harmful effects. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for child anxiety, but access to traditionally delivered (i.e., face-to-face) CBT is limited. Low-intensity interventions are more accessible to families and …
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Effects of Anxiety Treatment Using Coping Cat on Problem Behaviors in the Classroom
<p>Children with comorbid anxiety disorders and externalizing problem behaviors and disorders pose an interesting challenge for clinicians. These children are at the greatest risk for the poorest outcomes in several areas of functioning including academics, interpersonal relationships, and …
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Architectural Mediation: A Community Anxiety Center in Alexandria, VA
Anxiety Disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States. While nearly 18% of Americans will experience an anxiety disorder within any given year, only one-third of those will receive treatment. Current mental health treatment facilities must navigate opposing needs for both …
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An examination of the effectiveness of an oral communication apprehension reduction program in an ESL class for graduate student
… a lack of confidence when speaking English. This anxiety may cause avoidance or poor performance. Given this situation, would a communication apprehension (CA) reduction program like those administered by speech communication departments be effective if adapted for ESL classrooms? A semester-long …
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Emotion recogniton in students with social anxiety: loving-kindness as an intervention
… be found in individuals who have elevated social anxiety—decreasing positive social interaction and increasing social avoidance. Some possible causes for these deficits include: (1) negative interpretation biases for ambiguous social stimuli and (2) negatively biased self-focused and …
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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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Studies of generalized worry in college students
… the primary diagnostic criterion for generalized anxiety disorder and is a major cognitive component of anxiety. Worry can be dissociated from anxiety through the use of psychometric measures such as the abbreviated version of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ-A), which assesses the …
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The Effects of Repeated Ketamine Administration During Adolescence on Anxiety and Depressive-like Behaviors Induced by a Predator Odor
<p>Disorders of anxiety and depression are major public health problems evident by their increasing prevalence and lack of effective treatments. These disorders are highly comorbid and share several debilitating symptoms. Previous research has implicated ketamine in the treatment of depression …
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The Effect of Back Massage on Anxiety Level Among Elderly Residents in a Long-term Care Facility
… if back massage was related to the level of anxiety among residents in a long-term care facility. It attempted to determine if differences in selected demographic characteristics were related to level of anxiety after back massage and attempted to determine if general anxiety (Trait) was …
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Widening the lens: An interdisciplinary approach to examining the effect of exposure therapy on public speaking state anxiety.
… intervention for reducing public speaking state anxiety. A quasi-experiment was conducted to determine if a multiple-exposure treatment technique (TRIPLESPEAK) would help to attenuate public speaking anxiety. The treatment group reported experiencing significantly less state anxiety during their …
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Using Technology in the Treatment of Selective Mutism: The Incorporation of Mobile Applications
… of speech in certain social situations. The treatment of SM is often a difficult and lengthy process and there are many barriers to successful intervention. Behavioral therapy is most effective in the treatment of SM and the addition of therapeutic activities such as games and mobile devices …