Mechanistic studies in pathological health anxiety: A systematic review and emerging conceptual framework

AJ Guthrie, S Paredes-Echeverri, C Bleier… - Journal of Affective …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Pathological health anxiety (PHA)(eg, hypochondriasis and illness anxiety
disorder) is common in medical settings and associated with increased healthcare costs …

[HTML][HTML] Functional connectivity alterations between default mode network and occipital cortex in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

T Geffen, J Smallwood, C Finke, S Olbrich, Z Sjoerds… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2022 - Elsevier
Altered brain network connectivity is a potential biomarker for obsessive–compulsive
disorder (OCD). A meta-analysis of resting-state MRI studies by Gürsel et al.(2018) …

Predictors of obsessive–compulsive symptomology: mind wandering about the past and future

SN Cole, PMC Tubbs - Psychological research, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Obsessive and compulsive tendencies are known to occur in the general
population and involve worry around specific concerns (obsessions) and an urge to resolve …

Pre-retirement employees experience lasting improvements in resilience and well-being after mindfulness-based stress reduction

M Diachenko, KK Smith, L Fjorback… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The socio-economic benefits of interventions to prevent stress and related mental health
problems are enormous. In the labor market, it is becoming desirable to keep employees for …

[HTML][HTML] Resting-state connectivity and neural response to emotional images in patients with severe health anxiety: An fMRI study

TB Gehrt, J Macoveanu, CJ Bailey, PM Fisher… - Journal of Affective …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Severe health anxiety is a disorder characterized by a persistent preoccupation
with one's health. In behavioral studies, biases in the processing of health-related stimuli …

Thought characteristics in patients with severe health anxiety: A comparison with obsessive–compulsive disorder and healthy controls.

TB Gehrt, L Frostholm, ML Obermann… - … : Theory, Research, and …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Previous studies on health anxiety have primarily focused on general aspects of thought
characteristics proposed to be central to the disorder, whereas the importance of disorder …

Adverse childhood experiences in patients with severe health anxiety: No evidence for an increased frequency compared to patients with obsessive–compulsive …

TB Gehrt, ML Obermann, FE Toth… - … Journal of Psychology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Theoretical models of health anxiety emphasize adverse childhood experiences in the
development of the disorder, but few studies examine such events in patients with severe …

A novel experimental investigation of online imagery rescripting for obsessive-compulsive prospective imagery

DDJ Cooper, G Popovic, JR Grisham - Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive …, 2023 - Elsevier
Emerging evidence suggests that rescripting intrusive mental imagery may reduce OCD
symptoms. We tested whether a similar process could be adapted to an online experimental …

Uncovering the Contents and Dynamics of the Stream of Thought

JN Mildner - 2022 - search.proquest.com
The mind can access a vast landscape of thought. Our thoughts frequently wander away
from the here and now to explore this landscape. In this dissertation, I examine the contents …

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T Geffen - Finke, C., Olbrich, S., S oerds, Z., & Schlagenhauf, F, 2022 - core.ac.uk
Altered brain network connectivity is a potential biomarker for obsessive–compulsive
disorder (OCD). A meta-analysis of resting-state MRI studies by Gürsel et al.(2018) …