14 results match your criteria: "Centre for Treatment of Anxiety and Depression[Affiliation]"

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  • This study explored the feasibility of an online hypnosis program for women suffering from chronic pelvic pain, aiming to assess its impact on mental health and pain-related issues compared to a control group.
  • Twenty women were recruited via social media, dividing them into an intervention group participating in a 7-week hypnosis program and a control group with no intervention.
  • While significant improvements in anxiety and depression were noted among participants who completed the hypnosis, challenges like a 30% dropout rate and limited impact on pain severity and coping strategies suggest the need for further refinement of the program.
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Little is known about the mechanisms by which pain catastrophizing may be associated with opioid use outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the potential mediating role of beliefs about the appropriateness of pain medicines for pain treatment on the association between pain catastrophizing and prescription opioid use in a community chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) sample. Individuals (N = 420) diagnosed with CNCP participated in a cross-sectional online self-report study with validated measures of pain medication beliefs, pain catastrophizing, and current prescription opioid use.

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Objective: To establish which psychological therapies mental health professionals use with reference to the treatment of women with persistent pelvic pain conditions. This research investigates overall therapies and specific techniques that clinicians believe are the most effective with this patient group, and the challenges mental health clinicians face in administering interventions. The study aims to suggest improvements to clinical practice and establish directions for targeted future research.

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Do symptoms of depression, anxiety or stress impair the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia? A chart-review of 455 patients with chronic insomnia.

Sleep Med

November 2020

The Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, A Centre of Research Excellence, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia, 5042, Australia; College of Education Psychology and Social Work, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia, 5042, Australia; National Centre for Sleep Health Services Research, A NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia.

Background: Co-occurring insomnia and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress pose difficult diagnostic and treatment decisions for clinicians. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi) is the recommended first-line insomnia treatment, however symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress may reduce the effectiveness of CBTi. We examined the effect of low, moderate, and severe symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress on insomnia improvements during CBTi.

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Music performance anxiety (MPA) is a distressing and persistent anxious apprehension related to musical performance. The experience of MPA forces many musicians to give up performing or develop maladaptive coping mechanisms (e.g.

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Objective: CPP affects approximately 15% of women worldwide and has significant psychological, physical and financial impact on the lives of sufferers. Psychological interventions are often recommended as adjuncts to medical treatment for women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP). This is as women with CPP experience higher rates of mental health concerns and difficulties coping with their pain.

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Since Jon Kabat-Zinn first introduced a contemporary, secularized application of mindfulness for the relief of pain and stress in physical health-care settings, there has been a significant and rapid expansion of the range of mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) designed for various health care, education, workplace, and other settings. As is common with developing programs, these often run ahead of carefully considered and researched effectiveness evaluations. This raises questions of how to best train mindfulness teachers to skillfully facilitate such interventions while minimizing the potential for harm.

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Objective: Establishing predictors of mental health outcomes is a crucial precursor to the development and assessment of psychological interventions for women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP). The objective of this study was to identify predictors of depression, anxiety and stress in a cohort of women with CPP.

Design: Cross-sectional analytic study.

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Context: There are growing reports of dopamine agonist (DA)-induced impulse control disorders (ICDs) in hyperprolactinemic patients. However, the magnitude of this risk and predictive factors remain uncertain.

Objective: To determine ICD prevalence and risk factors in DA-treated hyperprolactinemic patients compared to community controls.

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Objectives: The tendency to experience shame or guilt is associated differentially with anxiety and depression, with shame being associated with greater psychopathology. Correlational studies have shown self-compassion to be related to lower shame and rumination, and mindfulness-based interventions increase self-compassion. Therefore, mindfulness-based interventions may decrease shame.

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Aims: Comorbid insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) represents a highly prevalent and debilitating condition; however, physicians and researchers are still uncertain about the most effective treatment approach. Several research groups have suggested that these patients should initially receive treatment for their insomnia before the sleep apnea is targeted. The current study aims to determine whether Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-i) can effectively treat insomnia in patients with comorbid OSA and whether its effectiveness is impaired by the presence of OSA.

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Background: This study assessed the direction of the relationship between symptoms of insomnia disorder, depression, various anxiety disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in adolescents after controlling for age, gender, chronotype, and outcome variable at baseline.

Methods: Data was collected in eight high schools in Adelaide, South Australia, at two time-points approximately 6 months apart. The study was completed by 318 and 255 high school students at baseline and follow-up, respectively, aged 12-18 (M=14.

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The independent relationships between insomnia, depression, subtypes of anxiety, and chronotype during adolescence.

Sleep Med

August 2014

Flinders University of South Australia, Centre for Treatment of Anxiety and Depression, SA Health, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Objectives: To investigate the independent effects of depression and subtypes of anxiety on insomnia, and vice versa, and the independent effect of chronotype on insomnia, depression, and subtypes of anxiety.

Methods: In all, 318 South Australian high school students from grades 7-11 (age range, 12-18years; mean, 14.97±1.

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Background: Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) focuses on helping patients to behave more consistently with their own values and apply mindfulness and acceptance skills to their responses to uncontrollable experiences.

Objective: This article presents an overview of ACT, its evidence base and how general practitioners can apply ACT consistent practice in the primary care setting. It describes pathways for general practitioners to develop further expertise in the approach.

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