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Computerised cognitive behaviour therapy for phobias and panic disorder: a systematic review
- Authors:
- FERRITER M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review Journal, 13(3), September 2008, pp.24-31.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Phobias and panic disorders are commonly treated with primary care settings. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a recommended treatment for these disorders but access is limited due to too few therapists, expense and patients' reluctance to enter therapy. Computerised CBT (CCBT) is a self-help option designed to offer patients the potential benefits of CBT with less therapists involvement. The review described here sought to identify studies evaluating the effectiveness of CCBT for phobias and panic disorders.
Computerised CBT: a review
- Authors:
- FERRITER Michael, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, October 2008, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
This paper briefly presents the results of a systematic review of the effectiveness of computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (CCBT) for panic and phobic disorders. Based on the evidence, CCBT was not found to be effective as conventional therapist-led cognitive behaviour therapy (TCBT) for the treatment of phobias and/or panic disorder, though it was found to be superior to relaxation
Caring and daring to complain: an examination of UK national phobics society members’ perception of primary care
- Author:
- DAVIDSON Joyce
- Journal article citation:
- Social Science and Medicine, 65(3), August 2007, pp.560-571.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This paper examines perception of primary care provision from the perspective of service users who are members of the UK National Phobics Society (NPS). It contributes to qualitative research on user perception of health care, and presents user recommendations for service improvement by examining the results of in-depth interviews with 40 participants (35 females, 5 males). In addition, the paper contributes to methodological debates concerning appropriate ways to access user perceptions. In addressing this secondary objective, it suggests that support group members may be particularly well placed to reflect on their experiences of treatment from an emotionally safe ‘distance’; that is, support groups enable users to overcome widely recognised reluctance to (dare to) complain about care.
The element guide: anxiety, phobias and panic attacks; your questions answered
- Author:
- SHEEHAN Elaine
- Publisher:
- Element
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 110p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Shaftesbury
Provides practical advice on psychological and emotional states of anxiety, phobia and panic attack. Covers: different types of anxiety disorders; causes and symptoms; practical ways to help keep anxiety under control; and what help is available and where to find it.
Cold sweat in Coventry
- Author:
- COHEN Phil
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 21.3.91, 1991, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Looks at the work of SHARE, Self Help and Relaxation, a voluntary organisation based in Coventry to support people suffering from panic phobias or mental stress.
Psychosocial correlates of methamphetamine use
- Authors:
- EISENGER Greg J., WODARSKI John S., FERGUSON Deana
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 19(7), October 2009, pp.915-931.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
... and MPSI scores was examined. Methamphetamine users differed significantly from non-users on the depression, partner, child and neighbour problems, aggression, fearfulness, ideas of reference, phobias, guilt, disturbed thinking, memory loss, and drug abuse subscales. These are therefore areas in which methamphetamine use seems to have the most impact on psychosocial functionality. Interesting findings
Computerised cognitive behaviour therapy for phobias and panic disorder: a systematic review
- Authors:
- FERRITER Michael, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Mental Health, 7(3), November 2008, pp.15-22.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Phobias and panic disorder are commonly treated within primary care settings. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a recommended treatment for these disorders but access is limited due to too few therapists, expense and patients' reluctance to enter therapy. Computerised CBT (CCBT) is a self-help option designed to offer patients the potential benefits of CBT with less therapist involvement. The review described here sought to identify studies evaluating the effectiveness of CCBT for phobias and panic disorders.
Relations of social anxiety variables to drinking motives, drinking quantity and frequency, and alcohol-related problems in undergraduates
- Authors:
- STEWART Sherry H., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 15(6), December 2006, pp.671-682.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
The co-morbidity between social phobia and alcohol disorder is well established. This study investigated the nature of the relationship between traits associated with these disorders. A total of 157 undergraduate drinkers (112 women; 45 men) completed measures tapping aspects of social phobia (i.e., the Social Avoidance and Distress Scale and the Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation scale) and drinking behaviour (i.e., the Drinking Motives Questionnaire – Revised, quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption, and the Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index). Correlational analyses (controlling for gender) revealed that: (i) social avoidance and distress was significantly negatively related to drinking frequency; (ii) fear of negative evaluation and social avoidance and distress were both significantly positively related to drinking to cope with negative emotions and to conform to peer pressure; and (iii) fear of negative evaluation was also significantly positively related to drinking to socialize and to drinking problems. The relationship between fear of negative evaluation and drinking problems was mediated by coping and conformity drinking motives. Implications for developing effective integrated treatments for co-occurring social anxiety and alcohol problems are discussed, as are preventative implications.
What about me? Siblings of children with an anxiety disorder
- Authors:
- DIA David A., HARRINGTON Donna
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Research, 30(3), September 2006, pp.183-188.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article describes an exploratory American study aimed at examining the psychosocial functioning (that is, internalizing and externalizing behaviours) of children who have a sibling with an anxiety disorder. It was expected to find some of the sibling children suffering from an anxiety disorder because anxiety disorders tend to run in families. On the basis of the limited research available, gender, anxious child's diagnosis, length of treatment, inference in the family functioning, and parental history of mental health diagnosis were examined. More than half of the siblings without a mental health diagnosis had at least one elevated scale score suggesting the need for further assessment and possible treatment.
Effects of alcohol on the processing of social threat-related stimuli in socially phobic women
- Authors:
- GERLACH Alexander L., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 45(3), September 2006, pp.279-295.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Social phobics are at a higher risk of developing alcohol problems. The mechanism promoting this association is not clear. According to Sayette (1993b), alcohol attenuates anxiety responses by disrupting initial appraisal of threatening stimuli. We used the emotional Stroop test and an implicit memory test to investigate whether alcohol hinders appraisal of social threat words in patients diagnosed with social phobia. Thirty-two women with social phobia (DSM-IV) and 32 female controls performed an emotional Stroop test either after drinking alcohol resulting in a blood alcohol levels (BAL) of 0.6‰ or after drinking a non-alcoholic beverage. The emotional Stroop test contained social anxiety-related and neutral stimuli. Implicit memory for the words presented was tested with a word-stem completion test. Without alcohol, both controls and socially-phobic participants took longer to name the colour of socially-threatening stimuli than of neutral stimuli. Alcohol levelled response latencies to the two stimulus categories only in controls. Socially-phobic participants responded more slowly to social anxiety-related stimuli than to neutral stimuli, irrespective of their BAL. In contrast to controls, social phobics showed an implicit memory bias for social threat words. This bias was attenuated by alcohol. Alcohol disrupts appraisal of social anxiety-related stimuli in controls but not in social phobics; in these it hinders the consolidation of memory. This also suggests that social phobics experience similar anxiety with and without alcohol, but remember this experienced anxiety less precisely. This effect might act as a reinforcer for the use of alcohol for the purpose of self-medication in future situations.