INTRODUCTION The basic objective of this study is to investigate the effects of alpha and theta brain waves amplitude increase in occipital area on reducing the severity of symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder and to increase the global functioning level in patients with GAD. METHODS This study is a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test with two groups. For this purpose, 28...

INTRODUCTION During the war circumstances, women and children are exposed to multiple traumatic experiences, one of which is an violent disappearance of a family member. GOAL The aim of this research was to establish the presence of symptoms of depression, anxiety and somatization in women in Bosnia and Herzegovina who have sought their war missing family members for 15 to 18 years. SUBJECT...

medical environments such as hospital waiting rooms can affect a client’s anxiety level as wellas psychological and physiological responses to his or her situation. the aim of this research was to evaluatethe use of environmental design, specifically the design which incorporates elements of nature, in clinics andhospitals to decrease anxiety, blood pressure and pulse rates of waiting clients. ...

BACKGROUND Neurofunctional changes underlying effective antianxiety treatments are incompletely characterized. This study explored the effects of citalopram and cognitive-behavioral therapy on regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in social phobia. METHODS By means of positron emission tomography with oxygen 15-labeled water, rCBF was assessed in 18 previously untreated patients with social pho...

background: test anxiety aggravates psychological distress and reduces the motivation among graduate students. this study aimed to identify psychological intervention for test anxiety, which reduces the level of psychological distress, amotivation and increases the intrinsic and extrinsic motivation among medical students. materials and methods: westside test anxiety scale, kessler perceived st...

Prolonged waiting for major elective surgery has been a problem in several Western countries for many years. In Iceland coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery was installed in 1986 and this descriptive study was conducted to describe systematically the experience of Icelandic people waiting for CABG surgery with the purpose of gaining information about what nursing services these people ne...

AIM This study aimed to record, both subjectively and objectively the anxiety of patients awaiting placement of their first dental implant and their long term stress levels; and evaluate their relation to the perception of pain by the patient during and after the procedure. METHODOLOGY Early morning salivary cortisol samples were collected from 47 patients awaiting the placement of their firs...

The neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) treatment for anxiety, claimed to be a single-session cure for unpleasant feelings, was compared with self-control desensitization of equal duration and a waiting-list control group in treating public speaking anxiety. Fifty-five speech-anxious undergraduates underwent pretreatment and posttreatment assessments of anxiety during 4-min speeches. The results...

BACKGROUND We aimed to determine if preprocedural anxiety levels had a significant association with procedure-related pain in women undergoing office hysteroscopy (OH) and also to assess the effect of various clinical factors on pain perception in these women. METHODS There were 148 women undergoing OH enrolled in this observational study. Before examination, patients were asked to complete t...

BACKGROUND Depression is a common condition whose first onset is usually in late adolescence or early adulthood. Internet-based interventions are an effective treatment approach to depression. The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a Dutch online cognitive-behavioural group course known as Master Your Mood (Grip op Je Dip) for young people reporting depressive symptoms. Se...