Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fear can spread faster than the coronavirus—but there are ways to slow it down
As cases of COVID-19 proliferate, there's a pandemic of fear unfolding alongside the pandemic of the coronavirus.
Mar 16, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coping with anxiety in a time of pandemic
It's hard to get away from the continuous news cycle about COVID-19, the novel coronavirus disease that is spreading across the globe, and what that might mean for ourselves and our communities. The daily updates and the ...
Mar 13, 2020
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Neuroscience
How associative fear memory is formed in the brain
How does the brain form "fear memory" that links a traumatic event to a particular situation? A pair of researchers at the University of California, Riverside, may have found an answer.
Mar 13, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
8 tips on what to tell your kids about coronavirus
As the number of new cases of coronavirus infection continue to rise the impact is now being felt in schools in Australia. At least four closed due to students and a staff member testing positive for the virus. Most international ...
Mar 11, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fear of COVID-19 is more pervasive than infection
All over the world, thousands of people have now been infected with the coronavirus. China has seen the highest number of cases thus far, but the virus has also struck in Italy, France, the US, Canada, and Japan. Headlines ...
Mar 3, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Allergists encourage parents of food-allergic kids to recognize their own anxiety
A new article in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) discusses the difficulties faced by parents of children with food allergies ...
Feb 25, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Masking the memory of fear: Treating anxiety disorders such as PTSD with an opioid
Anxiety disorders such as phobias and PTSD are fairly common problems in society. One of the prime causes of anxiety disorders is the inability to overcome the fear for certain contexts when they no longer apply. Attempts ...
Feb 18, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds presence of another person diminishes fear responses in women
A team with several members from the University of Wurzburg and one from Peking University has found that women respond less strongly to aversive sounds if there is another person nearby. In their paper published in the journal ...
Neuroscience
With these neurons, extinguishing fear is its own reward
When you expect a really bad experience to happen and then it doesn't, it's a distinctly positive feeling. A new study of fear extinction training in mice may suggest why: The findings not only identify the exact population ...
Jan 16, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mindfulness makes it easier to forget your fears
Mindfulness has previously been shown to help people handle negative emotions and is used as a treatment for anxiety related psychological disorders, but the underlying biological mechanisms are not fully understood. In a ...
Jan 6, 2020
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