Claustrophobia
Claustrophobia is the irrational fear of confined spaces.
Some people with claustrophobia experience mild anxiety when in a confined space, while others have severe anxiety or a panic attack. The most common experience is a feeling or fear of losing control.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W043
Diagnosis: Claustrophobia
US Patients:
World Patients: 5-10%
Sex Ratio:
Age Onset:
Brain Area: Smaller amygdala, fight-flight response
Symptoms: fear confined spaces: elevators, windowless rooms, hotel rooms, small cars, tight-necked clothing, MRI machine
Progression: may result in severe panic attacks
Causes: fear of suffocation-release of adrenaline for an autonomic response; fear of restriction
Medications: None listed.
Therapies: 30%- cognitive therapy, convincing that the situation was not dangerous; exposure, 75%; virtual reality
Youtube Video: 5 Steps to Stop Claustrophobia
Amazon or Library Book: Panic Free: The 10-Day Program
to End Panic, Anxiety and Claustrophobia
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Support Group: nami.org; 800-9500-6264;
National Alliance on Mental Illness
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- Kinesiophobia as a Barrier to Symptom Management Using Physical Activity When undergoing Cancer Therapy: A Preparatory Study Describing Patients' Experiences With the New Instrument Tampa-Scale for Kinesiophobia-Symptoms and Interviewsby Tove Bylund-Grenklo on November 29, 2024
Background: Cancer care professionals need to be aware of kinesiophobia, fear of motion, in patients undergoing cancer therapy. The new instrument the Tampa-Scale Kinesiophobia Symptoms (TSK-Symptoms) aims to measure fear and avoidance of motion in relation to multiple symptoms (eg, nausea, fatigue, anxiety, pain). It is modified from the TSK, which relates solely to pain. Aim: To test the feasibility of the TSK-Symptoms, to quantify kinesiophobia in patients with cancer, to study whether...
- The relationship between perceived social support and social anxiety in Chongqing rural secondary school students: the chain mediating effect of core self-evaluation and shynessby Weigang Pan on November 29, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: These results confirm that perceived social support and core self-evaluation are protective factors against social anxiety in rural secondary school students and that shyness is a risk factor for social anxiety. Moreover, perceived social support can indirectly affect social anxiety through core self-evaluation and shyness. Prevention and intervention of social anxiety can be carried out in three ways: improving the perceived ability of social support, enhancing positive...
- Intermittent theta burst stimulation over the left prefrontal cortex: no additional effect for virtual reality exposure therapy in acrophobia-a randomized trialby L M Cybinski on November 28, 2024
Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent mental health conditions. Besides psycho-pharmacotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy with an exposure-based approach is considered the gold standard. However, not all patients benefit from this approach. Here, we aimed to translate laboratory findings on enhanced fear extinction with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to the clinic. In this double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial, 76 participants with acrophobia...
- Effect of neurofeedback training on psychological features and plantar pressure distribution symmetry in patients with patellofemoral pain: A ransdomized controlled trialby Ali Yalfani on November 27, 2024
CONCLUSION: NFBT reduces pain intensity, kinesiophobia, and catastrophizing by modulating areas related to pain processing and cognitive. However, NFBT has a small effect on normalizing plantar pressure. Therefore, it is recommended that adding NFBT to physical rehabilitation can have a better effect on improving clinical symptoms.