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    "Nomophobia": Impact of cell phone use interfering with symptoms and emotions of individuals with panic disorder compared with a control group

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    Panic disorder refers to the frequent and recurring acute attacks of anxiety. Objective: This study describes the routine use of mobiles phones (MPs) and investigates the appearance of possible emotional alterations or symptoms related to their use in patients with panic disorder (PD). Background: We compared patients with PD and agoraphobia being treated at the Panic and Respiration Laboratory of The Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to a control group of healthy volunteers. Method: An MP-use questionnaire was administered to a consecutive sample of 50 patients and 70 controls. Results: People with PD showed significant increases in anxiety, tachycardia, respiratory alterations, trembling, perspiration, panic, fear and depression related to the lack of an MP compared to the control group. Conclusions: Both groups exhibited dependence on and were comforted by having an MP; however, people with PD and agoraphobia showed significantly more emotional alterations as well as intense physical and psychological symptoms when they were apart from or unable to use an MP compared to healthy volunteers

    The importance of the focus of the cognitive-behavior therapy related to the body sensation in the panic disorder: case report

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    BACKGROUND: The current cognitive conceptualization for the panic disorder (PD) enhances the fears of body sensations (BS) in consequence of evaluations distorted by the individual who interprets in an erroneous form the BS as catastrophic. OBJECTIVE: The importance of this study is to emphasize the importance of an intensive work of induction of panic symptoms, with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques related to the BS. METHOD: The case of E., woman, 56 year-old, was selected from a research carried through in the Laboratory of Panic and Respiration - IPUB (UFRJ) with a group of patients with PD diagnosis treated with medication and 16 CBT sessions targeted in panic symptoms induction exercises, compared with a control group that used only medication. RESULTS: The results had been controlled through questionnaires and scales applied before and after the interventions. The patient presented hypochondriac symptoms, sensation of shortness of breath, palpitations and fear or loosing control, especially when inside of buses, subways or tunnels. She received a tricycle antidepressant, imipramina, 75 mg/day and 16 CBT sessions. CONCLUSION: At the end of the trial, the patient had panic free status and presented significant improvement of the agoraphobic behavior.CONTEXTO: A conceituação cognitiva do transtorno de pânico (TP) realça os medos de sensações corporais (SC) em conseqüência de avaliações distorcidas pelo indivíduo, que interpreta erroneamente as SC de forma catastrófica. OBJETIVO:A importância desse relato de caso é apresentar um trabalho intensivo de indução dos sintomas de ataque de pânico, com técnicas da terapia cognitivo-comportamental (TCC) relacionadas às SC. MÉTODO: O caso de E., feminino, 56 anos, foi retirado de uma pesquisa realizada no Laboratório de Pânico e Respiração do IPUB (UFRJ), com um grupo de pacientes com diagnóstico de TP que se tratou com medicação e sessões de TCC (16), com enfoque em exercícios de indução de sintomas, comparados com grupo controle que usou apenas medicação. RESULTADOS: Os resultados foram controlados por questionários e escalas aplicados antes e após as intervenções. A paciente apresentava sintomas de hipocondria, queixas de falta de ar, taquicardia e medo de perder o controle, especialmente ao estar em ônibus, metrôs ou túneis. Ela recebeu prescrição do antidepressivo tricíclico, imipramina, 75 mg/dia, e 16 sessões de TCC. CONCLUSÃO: Ao final, a paciente obteve remissão dos ataques de pânico e apresentou melhora significativa do comportamento agorafóbico

    Huntington's Disease: Two-Year Observational Follow-Up of Executive Function Evaluation with CNS Vital Signs Test in an Adult Patient

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    Huntington's disease (HD) is a genetic, degenerative, and progressive central nervous system disease. It is characterized by motor abnormalities and cognitive and psychiatric symptoms. Objective. To describe the precise degree of clinical severity of patients with HD through a new neurocognitive assessment. Methods. Unprecedented battery of computerized tests, CNSVS (Central Nervous System Vital Signs), was applied at three different moments in 2008, 2009, and 2010. The accurate and reliable CNSVS objectively provided the cognitive state of patients and allowed for the evaluation of disease progression. Case Report. P., 26, female, without any medication, with normal psychomotor development is a parent carrier of HD. In 2008, she was diagnosed with HD in accordance with the Medical Genetics Laboratories. Conclusion. The tests may be useful to reveal the exact measure of the current evolutionary stage of HD patients, allowing for more efficient planning of treatment and future procedures, such as the medication, therapy, and physical activity to be administered

    Scale to Assess Leaders' Perceptions about their Workers' Digital Addiction

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    Background: With the evolution of technologies and the mobility factor, new digital devices have emerged, influencing human behavior and provoking diverse dependencies due to their abusive use. Collective environments begin to exhibit the symptoms of such dependencies, compromising people's quality of life (QOL). The objective of the present study was to validate the scale to evaluate the perception of leaders on digital employee addiction (EPLDDE) initially with 17 questions. Methods:The scale was constructed with real situations of digital addiction and through the evaluation of the semantic comprehension and consistency of the items by judges until final formatting of the instrument. Data collection was done via the internet. The sample consisted of 312 volunteers from a federal state-owned company. After data collection, a database was created for statistical analysis. Statistical program R was used. Findings: Bartlett’s and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) tests confirmed adequacy for factorial analysis. Three statistical criteria were used, and scree plot presented adequate commonalities indicating 5 factors and the withdrawal of 3 questions from the scale. In the second AF, results ratified 14 questions. Cronbach's alpha showed a positive result of 0.8131717. Conclusion: The 14-item EPLDDE scale was validated for the evaluation of the perception of leaders regarding digital dependence of employees in organizations. This scale can contribute to studies on organizational QOL. The limitations found did not compromise the results

    Terapia cognitivo-comportamental: A preparação do paciente com transtorno de pânico para as exposições agorafóbicas interoceptivas e in vivo

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    Objetivo: O estudo com terapia cognitivo-comportamental (TCC) procurou demonstrar a preparaçãodo paciente com transtorno do pânico para exposições agorafóbicas. Foram usadas as técnicas dasexposições interoceptivas, às próprias sensações corporais, e in vivo, a locais ou situações temidas.Metodologia: 50 indivíduos, divididos em dois grupos de 25 participantes cada um. O grupo 1 realizou 10 sessões de TCC semanais e individuais com uma hora de duração e fez uso de medicamentos e o grupo 2, controle, usou apenas medicação sem TCC. A medicação prescrita consistiu em antidepressivos tricíclicos e inibidores seletivos de recaptação da serotonina. Foram aplicados instrumentos de avaliação no início e ao fim das intervenções médica e psicológica. Resultados: Observamos uma diferença significativa entre a avaliação inicial e final no grupo 1, como: redução nos ataques de pânico, ansiedade antecipatória, esquiva agorafobia e medo das sensações corporais. Na escala de avaliação global do funcionamento, um aumento do bem-estar global de 60.8% a 72.5% entre pacientes do grupo 1 com terapia, diferentemente do grupo 2 sem terapia. Conclusões: As técnicas de TCC para as exposições foram consideradas essenciais na preparação dos pacientes com transtorno de pânico, para enfrentarem os ataques de pânico e as situações agorafóbicas subsequentes

    Hiperventilação: A terapia cognitivo-comportamental e a técnica dos exercícios de indução dos sintomas no transtorno de pânico Hyperventilation: The cognitive-behavior-therapy and the technique of the exercises in the induction of panic disorder symptoms

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    O transtorno de pânico (TP) caracteriza -se por ataques agudos de ansiedade frequentes e recorrentes. A actual concepção para o TP realça o medo das sensações corporais a partir do momento em que o indivíduo associa de forma equivocada as sensações físicas que se apresentam como sendo prenúncio de uma doença grave e/ou morte iminente, não conseguindo interpretá -las como mecanismos fisiológicos naturais. Relatamos três casos graves de TP do subtipo respiratório, com agorafobia, cujos sintomas de hiperventilação predominavam sobre os demais. O tratamento consistiu na prescrição de antidepressivos tricíclicos e no encaminhamento para sessões de terapia cognitivo -comportamental (TCC). O objectivo do relato dos casos é demonstrar a evolução satisfatória do tratamento com a técnica dos exercícios de indução de sintomas (EIS) em ambiente de laboratório para a redução e/ou extinção dos sintomas hiperventilatórios, entre outros. Esse procedimento foi considerado fundamental na evolução do tratamento e permitiu preparar os doentes para enfrentarem situações agorafóbicas subsequentes.Panic disorder (PD) is characterized by frequent and recurrent acute panic attacks. The current cognitive conception for PD enhances the fear of corporal sensations, when the individual define his physical sensations as being related to a serious disease or imminent death, not interpreting them as natural physiologic mechanisms. We reported three severe cases of PD of the respiratory subtype, with agoraphobia, whose symptoms of hyperventilation predominated on clinical picture. The treatment consisted on tricycles antidepressant and cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) sessions. The objective of reporting the cases is to demonstrate the satisfactory evolution of the treatment with the technique of panic symptoms induction exercises (SIE) in controlled laboratory environment. On that way, reducing or extinguishing hyperventilation symptoms. This procedure was considered very important in the evolution of the treatment and allowed us to prepare the patients to face subsequent agoraphobic situations

    Hiperventilação. A terapia cognitivo-comportamental e a técnica dos exercícios de indução dos sintomas no transtorno de pânico

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    Resumo: O transtorno de pânico (TP) caracteriza-se por ataques agudos de ansiedade frequentes e recorrentes. A actual concepção para o TP realça o medo das sensações corporais a partir do momento em que o indivíduo associa de forma equivocada as sensações físicas que se apresentam como sendo prenúncio de uma doença grave e/ou morte iminente, não conseguindo interpretá-las como mecanismos fisiológicos naturais. Relatamos três casos graves de TP do subtipo respiratório, com agorafobia, cujos sintomas de hiperventilação predominavam sobre os demais. O tratamento consistiu na prescrição de antidepressivos tricíclicos e no encaminhamento para sessões de terapia cognitivo-comportamental (TCC). O objectivo do relato dos casos é demonstrar a evolução satisfatória do tratamento com a técnica dos exercícios de indução de sintomas (EIS) em ambiente de laboratório para a redução e/ou extinção dos sintomas hiperventilatórios, entre outros. Esse procedimento foi considerado fundamental na evolução do tratamento e permitiu preparar os doentes para enfrentarem situações agorafóbicas subsequentes.Rev Port Pneumol 2007; XIV (2): 303-308 Abstract: Panic disorder (PD) is characterized by frequent and recurrent acute panic attacks. The current cognitive conception for PD enhances the fear of corporal sensations, when the individual define his physical sensations as being related to a serious disease or imminent death, not interpreting them as natural physiologic mechanisms. We reported three severe cases of PD of the respiratory subtype, with agoraphobia, whose symptoms of hyperventilation predominated on clinical picture. The treatment consisted on tricycles antidepressant and cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) sessions. The objective of reporting the cases is to demonstrate the satisfactory evolution of the treatment with the technique of panic symptoms induction exercises (SIE) in controlled laboratory environment. On that way, reducing or extinguishing hyperventilation symptoms. This procedure was considered very important in the evolution of the treatment and allowed us to prepare the patients to face subsequent agoraphobic situations.Rev Port Pneumol 2007; XIV (2): 303-308 Palavras-chave: Terapia cognitivo-comportamental, ansiedade, respiração, transtorno de pânico, Key-words: Cognitive-behavior therapy, anxiety, breathing, panic disorde
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