Nursing students often have fear and anxiety about managing pain. The most common misconceptions include fear that patients in acute pain are easily addicted to pain medication, persons who are alert experience side effects from medication such as respiratory depression, and pain is inevitable and cannot completely be relieved. Cognitive restructuring is a method of changing behavior that focuses on identifying misconceptions, influencing distorted thinking, and thereby diminishing anxiety and promoting reasoned practice.
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Psychother Psychosom
January 2025
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Introduction: Many studies have demonstrated that social anxiety disorder (SAD) can be effectively treated with psychotherapy, particularly cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), including internet-based CBT (ICBT). Despite evidence-based treatments, many individuals do not sufficiently benefit from them. Identifying the active components could help improve the effectiveness of SAD treatment.
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January 2025
Division of Psychiatry, UCL, London, UK.
Background: Stressful life events (SLEs) are associated with increased risk of depression or anxiety. Coping mechanisms may moderate this relationship but little is known on this topic in young people or in Latin America.
Aim: To investigate whether coping strategies predict odds of depression and/or anxiety and moderate the relationship between SLEs and depression and/or anxiety in young people in Peru, Lima and Bogotá.
Front Digit Health
December 2024
MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation, Singapore, Singapore.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore led to limited access to mental health services, resulting in increased distress among the population. This study explores the potential benefits of offering a digital mental health intervention (DMHI), Wysa, as a brief and longitudinal intervention as part of the mindline.sg initiative launched by the MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation in Singapore.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPathology
November 2024
Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lunds Universitet, Klinisk Patologi & Medicinsk Service, Region Skåne, Lund, Sweden.
Optimal blood flow through a patent cerebral circulation is critical for supply of oxygen and nutrients for brain function. The integrity of vascular elements within arterial vessels of any calibre can be compromised by various disease processes. Pathological changes in the walls of veins and the venous system may also alter the dynamics of cerebral perfusion.
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December 2024
Petrovsky National Research Center of Surgery, Moscow, Russia.
Objective: To analyze the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) combined with pharmacotherapy for treatment and prevention postoperative pain syndrome.
Material And Methods: The study included 62 patients after cardiac surgery. In the main group (=31), patients underwent standard therapy combined with CBT including cognitive restructuring, behavioral activation and exposure therapy.
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