scholarly journals FROM CLAUSTROPHOBIA TO BROMIDROPHOBIA: LACK OF BELONGINGNESS AND SENSE OF PLACE IN RADHIKA JHA’S SMELL

2021 ◽  
pp. 518-525
Author(s):  
Hiteshbhai D Raviya ◽  
Rohiniben Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Foreign Land ◽  
Fear Of Rejection ◽  
At Home

This research paper is an attempt to examine the perturbed experience of an immigrant in Radhika Jha’s novel Smell. The novel explores the issue of ethnic identity and belongingness through its protagonist Leela, an immigrant of Indian descent in Paris. Leela negotiates her cultural identity in order to survive in the foreign land, which triggers diasporic anxieties in her. The researcher has identified and analysed theses anxiety disorders that Leela goes through because of abrupt migration. The pain of separation, sense of loss, and disorientation made Leela lose her sense of belongingness and place in the foreign land. In her quest to finally feel at home, Leela falls victim to various anxiety disorders which include claustrophobia, social anxiety disorder, and bromidrophobia. The researcher expands on the analysis about how these diasporic anxieties manifest in the life of Leela as a result of sudden migration and how she assimilates herself to overcome the fear of rejection to finally feel at home.

scholarly journals Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) to Treat Social Anxiety Disorder: Case Reports and a Review of the Literature

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 180-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flávia Paes ◽  
Tathiana Baczynski ◽  
Felipe Novaes ◽  
Tamires Marinho ◽  
Oscar Arias-Carrión ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Magnetic Stimulation ◽  
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Therapeutic Option ◽  
The Right

Objectives: Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a common and debilitating anxiety disorders. However, few studies had been dedicated to the neurobiology underlying SAD until the last decade. Rates of non-responders to standard methods of treatment remain unsatisfactorily high of approximately 25%, including SAD. Advances in our understanding of SAD could lead to new treatment strategies. A potential non invasive therapeutic option is repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). Thus, we reported two cases of SAD treated with rTMS Methods: The bibliographical search used Pubmed/Medline, ISI Web of Knowledge and Scielo databases. The terms chosen for the search were: anxiety disorders, neuroimaging, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. Results: In most of the studies conducted on anxiety disorders, except SAD, the right prefrontal cortex (PFC), more specifically dorsolateral PFC was stimulated, with marked results when applying high-rTMS compared with studies stimulating the opposite side. However, according to the “valence hypothesis”, anxiety disorders might be characterized by an interhemispheric imbalance associated with increased right-hemispheric activity. With regard to the two cases treated with rTMS, we found a decrease in BDI, BAI and LSAS scores from baseline to follow-up. Conclusion: We hypothesize that the application of low-rTMS over the right medial PFC (mPFC; the main structure involved in SAD circuitry) combined with high-rTMS over the left mPFC, for at least 4 weeks on consecutive weekdays, may induce a balance in brain activity, opening an attractive therapeutic option for the treatment of SAD.

scholarly journals PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT OF CAPTIVITY TO THE PROTAGONIST IN EMMA DONOGHUE’S NOVEL ROOM

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-137
Author(s):  
Trivani Desyara ◽  
Zulfan Sahri
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Psychological Effect ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Comfort Zone ◽  
Psychological Condition ◽  
Posttraumatic Disorder

This research aims at identifying, analyzing and describing the psychological condition in Room by Emma Donoghue, and also the causes and effects of the problem which are described in this novel. In the novel, the writer analyze the problem by using theory of Islam (2007), Jung in Emir (2016), and Van Dijk (1997) which explains about psychological effect, psychology, and captivity. This thesis uses qualitative method in analyzing the data to be flatly described to show the evidence of the data identified from the novel. The analysis is conducted by classifying the obtained data in chapter four related to the problems of the study. Hence, there are two kinds of psychological effect and three causes of the effect to be analyzed, i.e. social anxiety disorder and posttraumatic disorder, and the causes are: held captive, domination of Old Nick and hard attempt to escape. The results of this study depict that someone who has a mental illness within himself is not spared from the causes behind them, and be brave to get out from comfort zone to be a better version of your life like what is done by Jack by bravely escaping from the room.

scholarly journals Behavioral Inhibition in Childhood as A Risk Factor for Development of Social Anxiety Disorder: A Longitudinal Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
pp. 3941
Author(s):  
Garcia-Lopez Luis-Joaquin ◽  
Espinosa-Fernández Lourdes ◽  
Muela-Martínez José A
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Behavioral Inhibition ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
School Settings ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Home And School

Previous research has suggested the association between behavioral inhibition (BI) and the development of social anxiety disorder in childhood. However, there is scarce research using longitudinal methodology in Spanish-speaking populations. To cover this gap, the sample comprised 73 children ranging from six to eight years who had been examined for BI two years earlier in home and school settings. Children and their parents were administered the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-5-Child and Parent Versions to assess the presence of possible anxiety disorders. The results revealed the stability of BI symptomatology over time. Data also showed that BI children were almost ten times more likely to develop social anxiety disorder two years later, compared to no-BI children. As a result, findings suggest behavioral inhibition strongly predicts social anxiety disorder, making BI a logical focus for selective preventive interventions. Therefore, screening for behavioral inhibition holds promise for primary prevention.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Clinical Global Impression Scale among individuals with social anxiety disorder

2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 611-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. I. ZAIDER ◽  
R. G. HEIMBERG ◽  
D. M. FRESCO ◽  
F. R. SCHNEIER ◽  
M. R. LIEBOWITZ
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Clinical Global Impression ◽  
Severity Of Illness ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Clinical Global Impression Scale ◽  
Additional Variance

Background. The clinical Global Impression Scale (CGI) is commonly used as a primary outcome measure in studies evaluating the efficacy of treatments for anxiety disorders. The current study evaluated the psychometric properties and predictors of clinicians' ratings on an adapted version of the CGI among individuals with social anxiety disorders.Method. An independent assessor administered the CGI Severity of Illness and Improvement ratings to 123 patients at baseline and the subset of treated patients again mid- and post-treatment.Results. Improvement ratings were strongly related to both concurrent Severity of Illness and changes in Severity of Illness ratings from baseline. Additionally, both CGI ratings were positively correlated with both self-report and clinician-administered measures of social anxiety, depression, impairment and quality of life. Measures of social anxiety symptoms accounted for a large portion of the variance in Severity of Illness ratings, with significant additional variance accounted for by measures of impairment and depression. Changes in social anxiety symptoms from baseline accounted for significant variance in Improvement ratings, but no significant additional variance was accounted for by changes in impairment and depressive symptoms.Conclusions. Our findings support the utility of the CGI as an index of global severity and symptom-specific improvement among individuals with social anxiety disorder.

scholarly journals Social Anxiety Disorder

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
S Seedat
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Social Phobia ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Specific Phobias

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The Effects of Exercise Training on Anxiety

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 388-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew P. Herring ◽  
Jacob B. Lindheimer ◽  
Patrick J. O’Connor
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Exercise Training ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Healthy Adults ◽  
Generalized Anxiety ◽  
Therapeutic Effects ◽  
Generalized Anxiety Disorders

This review summarizes the extant evidence of the effects of exercise training on anxiety among healthy adults, adults with a chronic illness, and individuals diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. A brief discussion of selected proposed mechanisms that may underlie relations of exercise and anxiety is also provided. The weight of the available empirical evidence indicates that exercise training reduces symptoms of anxiety among healthy adults, chronically ill patients, and patients with panic disorder. Preliminary data suggest that exercise training can serve as an alternative therapy for patients with social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and obsessive–compulsive disorder. Anxiety reductions appear to be comparable to empirically supported treatments for panic and generalized anxiety disorders. Large trials aimed at more precisely determining the magnitude and generalizability of exercise training effects appear to be warranted for panic and generalized anxiety disorders. Future well-designed randomized controlled trials should (a) examine the therapeutic effects of exercise training among understudied anxiety disorders, including specific phobias, social anxiety disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder; (b) focus on understudied exercise modalities, including resistance exercise training and programs that combine exercise with cognitive-behavioral therapies; and (c) elucidate putative mechanisms of the anxiolytic effects of exercise training.

scholarly journals A disorder-specific group cognitive behavior therapy for social anxiety disorder in adolescents: study protocol for a randomized controlled study

Trials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nanna Fensman Lassen ◽  
Esben Hougaard ◽  
Kristian Bech Arendt ◽  
Mikael Thastum
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Behavior Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavior Therapy ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Cognitive Behavior ◽  
Specific Group ◽  
Randomized Controlled

Abstract Background Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a common disorder in adolescence associated with extensive distress and long-term impairment. Generic cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) programs for anxiety disorders have shown poorer outcomes for adolescents with SAD than for other anxiety disorders. Aim The aim of the present study is to investigate the efficacy of a disorder-specific group cognitive behavior therapy (G-CBT) program for youth SAD, the Cool Kids Anxiety Program - Social Enhanced (CK-E), developed at Macquarie University, Sidney, Australia. Methods The study is a randomized controlled trial comparing CK-E to a generic G-CBT program for anxiety disorders. Approximately 96 adolescents aged 12 to 17 years are included with data points at pre- and post-treatment, and at 3 months and 1 year follow-ups. Discussion The current study will provide more information about the efficacy of diagnosis-specific G-CBT treatment for youth SAD. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03986827. Registered on 14 June 2019.

scholarly journals Mitral valve prolapse and anxiety disorders

2011 ◽  
Vol 199 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alaor S. Filho ◽  
Benedito C. Maciel ◽  
Minna M. D. Romano ◽  
Thiago F. Lascala ◽  
Clarissa Trzesniak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Mitral Valve ◽  
Panic Disorder ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Mitral Valve Prolapse ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
The Relationship

SummaryWe investigated whether there is an association between anxiety disorders and mitral valve prolapse. We compared mitral valve prolapse prevalence in individuals with panic disorder (n = 41), social anxiety disorder (n = 89) and in healthy controls (n = 102) in an attempt to overcome the biases of previous studies. Our results show no associations between panic disorder or social anxiety disorder and mitral valve prolapse, regardless of the diagnostic criteria employed, and that the relationship between these conditions seems not to be clinically relevant.

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