Fear and Anxiety in COVID-19: Preexisting Anxiety Disorders |
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Affiliation: | UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London;University British Columbia;Vancouver CBT Centre and University of British Columbia;Concordia University;UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London;Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London |
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Abstract: | The general population has experienced a significant elevation in fear and anxiety during COVID-19 both as a direct result of the virus but also due to measures taken to prevent it spreading, such as the need to stay inside and increase hand-washing. Lockdown has been used in many/most countries to prevent widespread infection. The advice and imposed actions are necessary to prevent the virus from spreading, but they might exacerbate the problems experienced by people with a preexisting anxiety-related disorder. The treatment of anxiety-related disorders can be provided while in quarantine. Staying at home in self-isolation does not preclude obtaining psychological treatment for anxiety-related disorders. Dealing with cognitive biases, over-estimations of threat, intolerance of uncertainty, inflated responsibility and excessive safety behavior, are useful clinical directions. |
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Keywords: | anxiety vulnerability therapeutic techniques COVID-19 |
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