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... Two-pronged approach may curb social phobia Two-pronged approach may curb social phobia Staff and agencies29 March, 2006 1 hour, 10 minutes ago NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Research suggests that D-cycloserine may be a good adjunct to exposure-based therapy in individuals with social anxiety disorder, a debilitating condition marked by an excessive fear and avoidance of situations in which a person feels he or she will be judged by others, such as public speaking or even eating in front of others.

Exposure therapy, which is commonly used to combat social phobia, relies on extinction to treat the fears underlying the disorder.

Lead investigator Dr.

Stefan G.

Hofmann of Boston University told Reuters Health that in conducting the study "we argued that D-cycloserine ...

which facilitates extinction learning in animals, should also enhance the effects of exposure therapy for social anxiety disorder in humans.

Our findings seem to support this notion." In the study, 27 individuals suffering from social anxiety disorder with significant public speaking anxiety participated in five therapy sessions, which emphasized exposure to increasingly challenging public speech situations.

One hour before each session, the participants were given a single dose of D-cycloserine or placebo.

Symptoms were assessed at baseline, just after the last session, and 1 month after the last session, by patient self-reports and reports of clinicians blinded to the treatment allocation.

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And he blames her father's constant criticism of her about her weight for helping cause it.• Schiavo immediately called 911 after Terri's collapse.

The Schindlers and others have accused him of waiting to call authorities.• He first thought about removing Terri's feeding tube in 1993 after it became clear she was beyond help and doctors suggested the alternative.

He said he couldn't bring himself to try to do it until experiencing his mother's death in 1997."The lesson I took from the experience of watching my mom face death was that I should stop putting off the decision for Terri," he wrote.• Centonze, whom he met in 1993, had two children with and married earlier this year, was his partner in caring for Terri at the hospice and understood his devotion to her.

Had they not found each other, "I'm not sure what would have happened to him," Centonze said in the book.• Someone offered $250,000 to anyone who would kill Schiavo, and he, Centonze and their children received death threats.Schiavo wrote that he was cradling Terri when she died in her bed at the hospice while protesters carried on loudly outside."Tears were streaming down my face and I was sobbing as I tried to tell Terri that it was okay now, it was finally over," he wrote.

"I remember saying, `You can be at peace now.

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Source: University of Iowa (Health Sciences) Released: Wed 29-Mar-2006, 08:00 ET Printer-friendly Version Therapy "Export" Helps Treat Borderline Personality Disorder LibrariesMedical News KeywordsBORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER MENTAL HEALTH COGNITIVE THERAPY STEPPS Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters onlyDescriptionTrade between countries usually involves products.

However, one successful export from the United States to the Netherlands, Norway and several other countries is a cognitive therapy treatment program created by University of Iowa experts to help people with borderline personality disorder.

Newswise — Trade between countries usually involves products.

However, one successful export from the United States to the Netherlands, Norway and several other countries is a cognitive therapy treatment program created by University of Iowa experts to help people with borderline personality disorder.The treatment program, called Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem-S...