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Need a synopsis if two articles.
First article Sutherland, J., Middleton, J. Omstein, T.J., lawson, K.j., & Vickers, K. (2016). Assessing Acident Phobia in mild traumatic Brain Injury: The Accident Fear Questionnaire. Rehabilitation Psychology, 61(3), 317-327.
1. Provide a summary for this article.
2. Describe the main points and the way they relate to this week course and textbook readings.
3. Share your thoughts and perspective regarding the concepts covered in the article and the learning derived.
Textbook states: The desired or attempted avoidance that individuals with specific phobias engage in phobic individuals show show a behavioral preference minimize conflict with the feared event.
Specific phobia is relatively common psychiatric disorder across the population. It is characterized by a marked fear of and a desire to avoid a specific situation or object.
Specifically, the objects that became a target of a phobia are those that cause distress and distaste in the general population.
However, people with specific phobia overestimate the consequences of enduring exposure to the feared stimulus. Article 2. Teismann, T., Brailovskaia, J., Totzek, C., Wannemiller, A., & Margraf, J. (2018).
Predictors of remission from panic disorder, agoraphobia and specific phobia in outpatients receiving exposure therapy: The importance of positive mental health. Behaviour research and Therapy, 108, 40-44.
1. Describe a summary for this article.
2. Describe the main points discussed in this article and the way it relates to this week course textbook readings.
3. Share your thoughts and perspectives regarding the concepts covered in this article and the learning derived. Textbook states; The presence of agoraphobia frequently complicates panic disorder.
In clinical settings, more than three-quarters of patients with panic disorder report at least mild agoraphobic avoidance.
The diagnosis of agoraphobia refers to a patient fear or avoidance of situations from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing or in which help may not be readily available in the event of a panic attack.. Agoraphobia situations may include being alone, traveling in public transportation, going over bridges, being in elevators, tunnels, or grocery stores and standing in long lines.
Agoraphobia also may occur in situation in which the patient previously experienced a panic attack. despite their fear, some patients may push themselves through the agoraphobia situation, whereas others avoid the situations or can face them only in the presence of a trusted companion.
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