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Filter by:Public safety personnel (PSP) have regular and often intense exposure to potentially traumatic events at work and are at higher risk for developing mental health problems such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Studies have shown up to 4 times higher suicidal ideation, attempt and death among this population compared to the general population. Despite the high rate of mental health problems among PSPs, their willingness to receive mental healthcare support is fairly low, mainly due to the stigma attached to these disorders. Those who are willing to seek help face unique barriers including their irregular shift hours, limiting their access to resources otherwise available to the public. Given these challenges and the critical contribution of PSPs to public safety, developing innovative solutions to address their mental health must be a healthcare priority. This proposal aims to study the efficacy of using an innovative approach in delivering mental health online, to address mental health problems among correctional workers (CW), who are especially prone to mental health problems given the high rate of workplace violence. It is hypothesized that using an online platform to deliver cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), would lower the stigma of receiving care in a secure and confidential environment, easing CW's concerns about stigma from co-workers. The content is delivered through interactive and engaging therapy modules, designed for specific groups of CWs and customized by situational examples to make therapy more relatable. These online modules would provide CWs with 24/7 access to therapy content, solving the irregular work hour problem. The online CBT modules developed in this study would provide high quality and clinically validated resources to address mental health problems of CWs all across Canada. Knowledge acquired through this project could also be beneficial to using iCBT in general for addressing mental health challenges among other PSPs.
Aim: This study was conducted to determine the effect of showing images of the fetus to the pregnant women with the virtual reality glass during labor process on labor pain, birth perception and anxiety level. Background: Virtual reality (VR) is an effective and inexpensive method that allows the creation of simulated scenarios in which it interacts with the virtual environment with multisensory stimuli. Methods: This is a randomized controlled experimental study. The study included 100 pregnant women of whom 50 in the intervention group and 50 in the control group. Ultrasound images of the fetus were recorded on the 28th week of pregnancy of the women in the intervention group. These images were shown to the women with the virtual reality glass during labor process. Routine procedures were carried out for the women in the control group. The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) was applied to both groups when cervical dilatation was 4 cm and 9 cm. The Women's Perception for the Scale of Supportive Care Given During Labor (POBS) and the Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale (PASS) were applied almost two hours after labor. Keywords: Virtual reality, labor, pain, anxiety.
The present study is a controlled trial that seeks to examine the feasibility, acceptability, mechanism, and efficacy of a recently developed computer-based therapy in individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD)
The primary objective of this study is to examine the effects of cognitive bias modification for interpretation (CBM-I) on prenatal anxiety in parturients. Half of the participants will receive CBM-I assignments, while the other half will receive placebo assignments.
Anxiety and depression disorders (ADD) have the highest overall prevalence rate among psychiatric disorders in young females. Its manifestations are disabling, distressing a substantial negative impact on the quality of life. The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy and physical therapy on female students with mild to moderate anxiety and depression.
Mental illness is very common in todays' society, and it is the most common cause for sick leave in Sweden. Affective diseases, such as different states of anxiety and depression, are the two most common conditions of mental illness that has been reported by different workplaces in Sweden. Pharmacological treatment of anxiety using benzodiazepines, tends to be long, and it may lead to substance dependence, as well as severe side effects such as increased anxiety levels, cognitive impact and psychomotor effects. The Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment (SBU) have identified that there are scientific knowledge gaps that needs to be filled regarding the mental illness care, such as anxiety. There is a need for evaluations of non-pharmacological, complementary treatments as well as research with a high methodological quality. Acupuncture is a nonpharmacological treatment method based on complementary medicine, for which interest has increased over the last years. It has, to some extent, been introduced in the ordinary health care system. Auricular acupuncture (AA) is a branch of acupuncture where needles are inserted in different areas in the outer ears AA has been used to treat anxiety as well as vid depression and post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) among veterans. A standardised insertion pattern, defined as the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA) protocol, is normally practised, and it has also been used to treat insomnia. Evaluations has shown that AA according to the NADA-protocol has a calming effect and seem to alleviate symptoms of anxiety, depression and to some extent, also sleeping difficulties. The aim of this study is to study and evaluate effects of AA as an add-on treatment to treatment as usual (TaU) within affective outpatient care for patients suffering from symptoms of anxiety and depression. A prospective, non-inferiority randomised controlled study (RCT) with a number of (N=72) participants will be conducted to answer the study aims. A qualitative interview study will also be conducted to find out how the patients experience AA as an adjunctive therapy.
The investigators predict that decreased heart rate variability and poor sleep quality will be significantly correlated with higher self-reported anxiety following brain injury.
The present study aims to evaluate whether an online, self-administered, single session intervention (SSI) increases children and adolescents' perceptions of control over external threats and their emotional experience and reduces self-reported symptoms of anxiety and low mood. Children and adolescents, identified by their parents as having difficulties with low mood or anxiety, will be randomised to receive either the growth mindset of personality intervention or an active comparison condition. Whether parental low mood and anxiety has a moderating impact on outcomes will also be investigated.
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of education and music listening on the anxiety and physiological parameters experienced by individuals undergoing elective coronary angiography.
Anxiety is an emotion considered unpleasant but resulting from a normal phenomenon. It corresponds to an adaptive response to events, to stress and helps to ensure our survival. On the other hand, it becomes embarrassing when it becomes uncontrollable. It can even lead to interfere with activities of daily living. Thus, we can speak of anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders. They are often associated with other comorbidities such as depression, which makes them more difficult to treat and diagnose. Different treatments are offered to best treat the patient with anxiety : drug treatment (antidepressants, anxiolytics) ; non-drug (psychotherapy, meditation, cognitive behavioral therapies). The emergence of hypnosis in medical practice in recent years seems to be a technique that can bring benefits to the patient. A review of clinical studies does not seem to find a benefit to hypnosis in anxiety disorders. In contrast, a study in children with school phobia showed the effectiveness of hypnosis. The limits addressed by this review seem to relate to the number of people included in the studies. Contrariwise, it has been pointed out that hypnosis can have a beneficial effect in the long term. Thus, it seems interesting to deepen this technique in the practice of a general practitioner exercising the activating consciousness technique in anxiety. The study will be composed of patients presenting with anxiety and consulting their general practitioner, with: Group 1, patients consulting a doctor not practicing hypnosis Versus Group 2, patients consulting a doctor practicing hypnosis. During the first consultation and the following 2 consultations scheduled by the general practitioner (spaced 15 days apart), the following data are noted, in addition to the monitoring usually performed by the doctor: 1. COVI scale 2. Comfort scale 0 to 10 3. Management: drugs, TAC, others 4. Quality of life survey SF36 Patients will be called back at 6 months to reassess quality of life (self-administered survey SF 36) The primary endpoint is to evaluated the change of anxiety from inclusion (J0) to 6 months using COVI scale in the two different groups. For secondary endpoints, the consumption of drug medicine will be quantified and the quality of life will be measured using Quality of life survey SF36.