Syndrome-Factor Method in Historical and Modern Context: Possibilities of Studying Social Anxiety Disorder

Сагалакова, Ольга Анатольевна; Truevtsev, Dmitry V.; Stoyanova, Irina Ya.

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“…The severity of ERN increases with age with anxiety and persists after therapy, which may indicate the analysis of ERN as a phenotypic property of SA [15; 17]. Within the framework of the Moscow School of Psychology, the importance of taking into account the dynamic properties of attention and the psychological qualification of empirical facts is emphasized [17].…”

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Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Attention Distortion with Social Anxiety: A Flanker Problem Experiment

Сагалакова¹,

Truevtsev²,

Tinekov³

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference on Education, Health and Human Wellbeing (ICEDER 2019)

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The aim of the presented research is to study the neurocognitive mechanisms of attention distortion with social anxiety (SA). An experiment using the modified Eriksen flanker task is implemented. Facial expressions (congruent and incongruent stimulus sequences) are used as stimuli. When solving a problem, the SA severity, errors, or correct decisions, and the sequence of stimuli vary. The integrative platform "EEG + eye tracking" is used; it has the ability to synchronously register parameters and analyze activity in dynamics. During the experiment, we recorded the stimulus, time, and correctness of the response, parameters of oculomotor activity, as well as the EEG (error-related negativity, ERN). When low and high levels of SA are compared, we find a greater deviation from the target priority for the distractors, an increase in solution time, and a decreasing number of correct decisions (especially under incongruent conditions), as well as a greater frequency and duration of fixations, a total number and amplitude of saccades, an increased target detection period. In the case of erroneous decisions, the ERN component is excessively expressed in subjects with SA. The indicators found are the measures of the neurocognitive mechanisms of SA that characterize the features of distortion of attention and information processing in the context of evaluating target activities (threat monitoring, self-focusing, decreased productivity, multitasking).

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Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Attention Distortion with Social Anxiety: A Flanker Problem Experiment

Сагалакова¹,

Truevtsev²,

Tinekov³

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference on Education, Health and Human Wellbeing (ICEDER 2019)

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AVATAR Therapy: Pathopsychology of Transforming Relations with The “Voice” in Auditory Hallucinations

Сагалакова

Zhirnova

Truevtsev

2021

Консультативная Психология И Психотерапия

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The paper examines the problem of the use of modern AVATAR therapy for auditory hallucinations (AH). There is a traditional asymmetry of the focus of interest in the study of AH with a bias towards the study of the final result of perception at the expense of comprehension of the process of AH development. The methodology of the cultural-activity approach and study of the patterns of the genesis of the “voices” in pathopsychology provide an adequate basis for understanding the nature of AH. Current intervention in psychosis is based on recognizing the role of psychological factors. АН are amplified in the state of anxiety, or in case of disturbed interpersonal relationships. AVATAR therapy provides the patient with psychological means of restoring deliberate mental activity, gaining control over one’s mental activity through its objectification, making the “voice” less malevolent and managing negative experiences. The method is based on a dialogue with an avatar, a visual digital image of the “voice”. It is designed in a virtual environment evoking a presence effect, which allows directed interaction with it in order to increase assertiveness. The experiments showed encouraging, but still debatable, results of the effectiveness of AVATAR therapy.

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Transformation of Methodological Understanding about “Voices” and Versions of Interventions by Experts in the Field of Auditory Hallucinations

Сагалакова

Zhirnova

Truevtsev

2020

Клиническая И Специальная Психология

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An analytical review of the directions for auditory hallucinations (AH) interventions in the context of the development of ideas about the phenomenon of “voices” is presented. The transformation of methodological approaches evolves from the conceptualization of hallucinations as “perceptions without an object” and “production of sick brain” to an acknowledgment of the connection with the stimulus and the significance of the subject's activity; from the concept of AH as a symptom to the analysis of perception as a mediated activity, the differentiation of AH cognitive and perceptual models. Changes in conceptualization determine the contemporary goals of the intervention. In the cultural-activity approach methods are used to improve the psychological state based on the comprehension of the systemic nature of the defect in mental activity. The limitations of comparing the effectiveness of pharmacological treatment and psychotherapy are shown. In the development of evidence-based intervention strategies the integration of cultural-activity approach thesis and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) models is productive. Within the framework of the “third wave” CBT and therapy based on social relations the leading techniques for adapting to “voices” are presented. Conceptualization the mechanisms of AH allows to move from the goal of intervention related to adaptation in defect – to distress reduction, increase the controllability of AH, to overcoming the consequences of psychosis.

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Syndrome-Factor Method in Historical and Modern Context: Possibilities of Studying Social Anxiety Disorder

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Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Attention Distortion with Social Anxiety: A Flanker Problem Experiment

Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Attention Distortion with Social Anxiety: A Flanker Problem Experiment

AVATAR Therapy: Pathopsychology of Transforming Relations with The “Voice” in Auditory Hallucinations

Transformation of Methodological Understanding about “Voices” and Versions of Interventions by Experts in the Field of Auditory Hallucinations

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