Anxiety patients overestimate their physiological problems.Byline: ANI Washington, Nov 14 (ANI): People having anxiety disorders believe that they have more physiological problems than they really have, says a new University of Granada The University of Granada is a university at Granada, Spain, first founded by the Moors in 1349 and then officially founded in 1531 by the Emperor Carlos V, with study. Some of the physiological symptoms that patients with anxiety disorders think they suffer include, Palpitations, sweating, irregular breathing, shaking of the hands and muscular tension. However, the implementation of physiological tests has such symptoms are less intense than what the patients subjectively feel. The scientists conducted the study on 83 patients with anxiety disorders in the program of "Evaluation and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders" of the Clinical Psychology Unit of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Granada (Spain). The lead researcher on the study was Professor Isabel Viedma del Jesus and the participants had been diagnosed any of the following anxiety disorders: panic disorder with and without agoraphobia Agoraphobia Definition The word agoraphobia is derived from Greek words literally meaning "fear of the marketplace." The term is used to describe an irrational and often disabling fear of being out in public. , social anxiety, generalized anxiety and specific phobias. The study indicated that many patients with anxiety disorders have orally reported very intense physiological symptoms in surveys and questionnaires, they are hyporeactive when real measures of such symptoms are taken through physiological tests. Based on the results, the scientists said they have proved that, in the clinical evaluation of pathological anxiety should not only undergo cognitive-behavioural tests (traditionally consisting of surveys and questionnaires), but also psycho-physiological tests. "Our research work has important clinical implications with regard to the diagnose and prognosis of therapeutic success, as well as in the design of more effective intervention strategies in the field of anxiety disorders," said Isabel Viedma. Part of the conclusions of this research work have been recently presented in national and international conferences such as those organized by the Spanish Society of Psychophysiology psychophysiology /psy·cho·phys·i·ol·o·gy/ (-fiz?e-ol´ah-je) physiologic psychology. psy·cho·phys·i·ol·o·gy n. The study of correlations between the mind, behavior, and bodily mechanisms. (SEPF) and the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR spr Spring SPR Strategic Petroleum Reserve SPR Surface Plasmon Resonance SPR Suomen Punainen Risti SpR Specialist Registrar (UK doctor who supports a consultant) SPR Society for Psychical Research SPR Stop Prisoner Rape ), among others. (ANI) Copyright 2008 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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