Therapies aimed at reframing negative thoughts may not work for some people with PTSD. New research shows it may be because ...

For people who witness a horrific event, experts stress the importance of processing trauma immediately through talking, ...

Exposure therapy for phobia is said to have a 90 percent success rate. But for more than half of people who go through with ...

Perhaps after an interaction at work that made you feel like a “bad person,” you call your mom, tell her the story and gauge her reaction to determine whether you’re “bad,” Hettler offered as an ...

Deepfakes are hyper-realistic but fabricated videos created with the use of artificial intelligence. In the context of psychotherapy, the first studies on using deepfake technology are emerging, with ...

A psychologist, she urged patients to confront the things that frightened them, revolutionizing her field’s approach to post-traumatic stress disorder. By Ellen Barry Edna Foa, an Israeli American ...

Heavy metals are harmful environmental pollutants that have attracted widespread attention due to their health hazards to human cardiovascular disease. Heavy metals, including lead, cadmium, mercury, ...

In her new film, Jodie Foster transforms into a therapist-detective. Since her breakout role in Taxi Driver, Jodie Foster has been known for delivering steely performances of impenetrable women. From ...

Brief, high-intensity exercise could train you to tolerate the physical sensations of panic attacks, reducing feelings of distress and anxiety, a new study suggests. Short bursts of intense exercise ...

1 Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China Correspondence to Dr Jason C. Yam, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Faculty ...

Background There is growing evidence of the effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for a wide range of psychological disorders. There is a continued controversy about whether challenging ...

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