Patient and therapist experiences of exposure therapy for anxiety-related disorders in pregnancy: qualitative analysis of a feasibility trial of intensive versus weekly CBT.

Background: Approximately 15% of pregnant women experience anxiety disorders. Effective treatments exist but their acceptability during pregnancy, particularly exposure therapy, is not known.

Aims: To understand patient and therapist experiences of time-intensive and weekly exposure-based therapy for anxiety disorders delivered during pregnancy.

Big five traits and interpersonal goals during stressors as predictors of hair cortisol.

Background: Hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) provide a biomarker for stress adaptation, which has downstream health consequences. Personality traits (e.g.

A multi-method examination of the role of incompleteness in compulsive checking.

Emerging evidence implicates an important relationship between feelings of incompleteness and compulsive checking. To date, this work has relied mostly on self-report measures and correlational research designs. We explored the relationship in three different studies using in vivo tasks.

Spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) assessment of the healthy female canine retina and optic nerve.

Objective: To provide normative data for canine whole retinal thickness (WRT), nerve fiber layer thickness (NFL), photoreceptor layer thickness (PR), and outer nuclear layer thickness (ONL) using spectral domain optical coherence tomography.

Animal Studied: Twelve healthy adult intact female beagles.

Procedure: Horizontal volume scans through the area dorso-temporal from the optic nerve (superior retina), and the area ventro-temporal from the optic nerve (inferior retina) were used to evaluate the thickness of retinal NFL, PR, ONL, and WRT.