Should I stay or should I go?: Brain mechanisms underlying fear and safety learning, and explosure therapy outcome

Iris M.J. Lange

doi:10.26481/dis.20171109il

Should I stay or should I go? Brain mechanisms underlying fear and safety learning, and explosure therapy outcome

Iris M.J. Lange

MHeNs - Mental Health

Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis › Internal

Abstract

One-quarter of the global population suffers from anxiety and the majority does not respond well to traditional treatment. The first part of this dissertation describes the brain functions involved in developing and compounding anxiety symptoms. It was found that people develop more anxiety symptoms if they experienced traumatic events in childhood. The second part of this dissertation examines brain function while unlearning anxiety. Brain function was found to be a good indicator of how well people respond to psychological treatment. The results offer new perspectives on preventing and improving treatment.

Original language	English
Awarding Institution	Maastricht University
Supervisors/Advisors	van Amelsvoort, Thérèse, Supervisor Goossens, Liesbet, Co-Supervisor
Award date	9 Nov 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26481/dis.20171109il
Publication status	Published - 2017

Keywords

anxiety
treatment
brain function
trauma
prevention

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