Sökning: "Social anxiety disorder SAD"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 avhandlingar innehållade orden Social anxiety disorder SAD.
1. Imaging Anxiety : Neurochemistry in Anxiety Disorders Assessed by Positron Emission Tomography
Sammanfattning : Anxiety disorders, including social anxiety disorder (SAD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are common and disabling conditions. Largely based on animal and pharmacological studies, both the serotonergic and substance P/neurokinin-1 (SP/NK1) systems have been implicated in their underlying pathology. LÄS MER
2. Social anxiety disorder in children and adolescents : assessment, maintaining factors, and treatment
Sammanfattning : The present dissertation consists of three empirical studies on social anxiety disorder (SAD) in a sample of Swedish children and adolescents. Based on findings made in a large behavior treatment study, the thesis contributes to the field of research on childhood SAD by investigating a factor that maintains the disorder, ways to measure and screen for diagnosis, and the treatment of the disorder. LÄS MER
3. Social Anxiety Disorder in Swedish Adolescents : Prevalence, Victimization & Development
Sammanfattning : Human beings are social creatures. Accordingly, fear of social situations can be severely disabling. Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is characterized by excessive fear of negative evaluation in social or performance situations. SAD has an early onset and often goes undetected an untreated. LÄS MER
4. Mind really does matter : The Neurobiology of Placebo-induced Anxiety Relief in Social Anxiety Disorder
Sammanfattning : The placebo effect, a beneficial effect attributable to a treatment containing no specific properties for the condition being treated, has been demonstrated in a variety of medical conditions. This thesis includes four studies aimed at increasing our knowledge on the neurobiology of placebo. LÄS MER
5. Restructuring the socially anxious brain : Using magnetic resonance imaging to advance our understanding of effective cognitive behaviour therapy for social anxiety disorder
Sammanfattning : Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a common psychiatric disorder associated with considerable suffering. Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has been shown to be effective but a significant proportion does not respond or relapses, stressing the need of augmenting treatment. LÄS MER