Anxiety-induced hyperventilation syndrome (HVS) is common, affecting 10% of the population with a female predominance and maybe continuous or episodic [1,2]. It forms part of the “dysfunctional breathing” group which includes vocal cord dysfunction, phobic disorders and panic attacks most of which are associated with hyperventilation [3]. Dysfunctional breathing arises frequently in asthma and ...

Research on body image and older women has grown in the past decade. However, there is a gap in the literature regarding body image, older women, and countertransference. This article provides 7 case examples of racially and ethnically diverse women over 60, drawn from MSW student and agency staff supervision, and participant feedback from a national conference on aging workshop. Themes related...

This study explored defensive response mobilization as well as fMRI responses during sustained exposure to phobia-relevant stimuli. To test the specificity of affective physiology and brain activation, neutral and other affective stimuli were included. Phobia-specific startle potentiation was maintained and autonomic responses even increased during sustained phobic stimulation. Viewing of spide...

Hydrate plugging in gas- and oil-production transport systems has long been a critical challenge. Traditional hydrate mitigation strategies through applying chemicals thermal destabilization are costly eco-unfriendly. Passive anti-hydrate surfaces with potential to enable self-removal of hydrates desired. Surprisingly, thin onion film peeled off from an bulb scale is found have low adhesion, th...

Anxiety has been linked to onset of cardiovascular disease. This study examines the differential impact of types of anxiety (panic, phobia and worry) on 3-year onset of non-fatal cardiovascular disease (CVD). By investigating anxiety disorders as opposed to anxiety symptoms and by using a reliable diagnostic instrument to assess anxiety, limitations of previous studies are considered. 5149 pers...

O ur target article argued that, although there are genuine social-phobic disorders wherein something goes wrong with mechanisms that generate social anxiety, most conditions satisfying DSM-IV social phobia criteria are likely not disorders but high-end, normal-range social anxiety overstimulated by contemporary social environments that demand high interaction and scrutiny while frowning on sub...

BACKGROUND We evaluated for phobias the prediction of the stress-diathesis model that the magnitude of stress at onset is inversely proportional to the level of underlying diathesis. METHODS In more than 7500 twins from a population-based registry, we assessed the personality trait of neuroticism--as an index of phobia-proneness--and the lifetime histories of 5 phobia subtypes (agoraphobia, s...

Persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD) is a newly defined diagnostic syndrome that unifies key features of chronic subjective dizziness, phobic postural vertigo and related disorders. It describes a common chronic dysfunction of the vestibular system and brain that produces persistent dizziness, non-spinning vertigo and/or unsteadiness. The disorder constitutes a long-term maladaptatio...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the success of psychotherapeutic treatment for dental phobia by measurement of anxiety using the dental anxiety score (DAS), the state trait anxiety score (STAI state), salivary cortisol and protein concentrations and the salivary secretion rate. Primary endpoint of the study was the comparison of the data before and after psychotherapeutic trea...