People who are afraid of falling down have a higher risk of experiencing subsequent falls, compared to individuals who do not have that fear, says a new report published in the BMJ (British Medical Journal). The authors say that both actual and perceived fall risk should be included in fall risk assessment in order to help protect elderly people from falls...
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August 21, 2010
Being Afraid Of Falling Leads To Higher Risk Of Falling, Regardless Of Actual Fall Risk
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February 9, 2010
Brain location for fear of losing money pinpointed — the amygdala
Two patients with rare lesions to the brain have provided direct of evidence of how we make decisions -- and what makes us dislike the thought of losing money.
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February 5, 2010
Study which started the vaccine-autism fear has been retracted
by Joye C. Anestis Over the past few years, I've watched the vaccination-autism controversy with great interest. Just in case you're not aware of this issue, a group of people have been arguing, since the release of a paper in...
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January 25, 2010
Forgetting fear
The Times has an excellent article summarising recent research on the possibility of treating traumatic memories by tempering their impact either just after the event or when remembering the experience at a later point.The ability to update our memories with new information highlights the flexibility of our brain. Every act of remembering gives us an opportunity to shape memories, or even erase t
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January 23, 2010
December 30, 2009
New Year’s Resolutions vs. Mindfulness
2009 is drawing to a close. Only a few more days left to realize those New Year's Resolutions. Oh, don't you remember? Those aspirations from earlier this year that you wanted to achieve? Well, fear not, regardless of whether or not you realized them (or can even remember what you wanted to do), we all have another opportunity to make or break, fulfill or forget, or propose or postpone a whol
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October 21, 2009
Women Outperform Men When Identifying Emotions
Women are better than men at distinguishing between emotions, especially fear and disgust, according to a new study. Scientists demonstrated that women are better than men at processing auditory, visual and audiovisual emotions.
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September 1, 2009
Economy anxiety has more seeking mental health services
March 06, 2009 Fear. Depression. Anxiety. Economic woes are leading more people to the therapist's couch.
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August 25, 2009
Safety behaviours – do they maintain kinesiophobia?
Let me start by saying this post is conjecture, but based both on observing patients, and after reading an interesting paper on ’subtle avoidance and safety behaviours relevant to social anxiety’.First some definitions: I hope you’re all familiar with the term ‘kinesiophobia’, or ‘fear of movement’ – it’s the fear and avoidance of movements th
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July 17, 2009
Swearing Appears To Lessen Effects Of Pain
A new UK study found that swearing appeared to lessen the effects of pain, perhaps because it invokes a similar response as that which occurs in fight or flight when it breaks the link between fear of pain and the perception of pain, concluded the researchers. The study was the work of psychologists Richard Stephens, John Atkins and Andrew Kingston at Keele University in Staffordshire, and
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