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2014

Anxiety

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Alexithymia And Alcohol: The Roles Of Punishment Sensitivity And Drinking Motives, Michael Lyvers, Penelope Hasking, Bonnie Albrecht, Fred Thorberg Jul 2014

Alexithymia And Alcohol: The Roles Of Punishment Sensitivity And Drinking Motives, Michael Lyvers, Penelope Hasking, Bonnie Albrecht, Fred Thorberg

Mike Lyvers

Alexithymia refers to difficulties identifying and describing feelings. It is suspected of being a risk factor for problematic drinking, an idea examined by this study. In 178 women and 84 men alexithymia was associated with male gender, coping motives for drinking and sensitivity to punishment. Individuals with alexithymia reported stronger coping motives and sensitivity to punishment compared to those with borderline or no alexithymia. Path analysis indicated that the relationship between the alexithymia dimension difficulties identifying feelings and coping motives was mediated by sensitivity to punishment, and the relationship between sensitivity to punishment and risky drinking was mediated by coping …

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Ces Clinical Trial Article.Pdf, Timothy H. Barclay Apr 2014

Ces Clinical Trial Article.Pdf, Timothy H. Barclay

Timothy Barclay


Background: Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent mental disorders and are usually treated
with medication and/or psychotherapy. When anxiety disorders are accompanied with comorbid
depression, this further complicates the treatment process. Medication compliance is a common
problem due to adverse side effects and new and effective treatments that have minimal side effects
are needed for the treatment of anxiety and depression. This study used a randomized, double-blind,
sham controlled design to examine the effectiveness of CES as a treatment for anxiety disorders and
comorbid depression in a primary care setting. The study was registered at clinicaltrials.gov,
NCT01533415.
Methods: One …

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Cognitive Habits And Memory Distortions In Anxiety And Depression, Paula T. Hertel, Faith Brozovich Mar 2014

Cognitive Habits And Memory Distortions In Anxiety And Depression, Paula T. Hertel, Faith Brozovich

Paula T Hertel

When anxious or depressed people try to recall emotionally ambiguous events, they produce errors that reflect their habits of interpreting ambiguity in negative ways. These distortions are revealed by experiments that evaluate performance on memory tasks after taking interpretation biases into account—an alternative to the standard memory-bias procedure that examines the accuracy of memory for clearly emotional material. To help establish the causal role of interpretation bias in generating memory bias, these disortions have been simulated by training interpretation biases in nondisordered groups. The practical implications of these findings for therapeutic intervention are discussed; future directions are described.

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Mental Health Risk Factors Associated With Childhood Language Brokering, Robert Morrison Jan 2014

Mental Health Risk Factors Associated With Childhood Language Brokering, Robert Morrison

Robert Morrison

Serving as a language translator (broker) for family members during childhood can affect cognitive and emotional functions in both beneficial and detrimental ways. Child language brokers translate in a variety of contexts including conversations between their parents and financial, legal and medical professionals. Pressure to be involved in these activities may negatively affect mental health by placing undue stress on child language brokers, while also distracting them from other responsibilities such as school. In this study, the relationship between language brokering during childhood and adolescence and the mental health of bilingual young adults was examined. Overall, language brokers had higher …

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