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The Remission of Social Anxiety Disorder After Trauma: A Case Report of Posttraumatic Growth?
Posttraumatic growth (PTG) describes positive psychological change and improvement beyond one's previous functioning. It manifests as a change of self-perception, improvement in the relationship with others, and a better outlook on life. Despite consistent literature on the occurrence of PTG in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8473609/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34589004 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.692637 |
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author | Hühne, Verônica Vigne, Paula de Menezes, Gabriela B. Fontenelle, Leonardo F. |
author_facet | Hühne, Verônica Vigne, Paula de Menezes, Gabriela B. Fontenelle, Leonardo F. |
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description | Posttraumatic growth (PTG) describes positive psychological change and improvement beyond one's previous functioning. It manifests as a change of self-perception, improvement in the relationship with others, and a better outlook on life. Despite consistent literature on the occurrence of PTG in healthy subjects, there is still a dearth of studies in people with pre-existing mental disorders, especially anxiety disorders. We report the case of a patient previously diagnosed with social anxiety disorder (SAD), whose symptoms remitted, and life view improved after a traumatic event, illustrating a case of PTG. The trauma shattered the patient's previous belief system, allowing the emergence of a new cognitive schema. Although PTG and symptom remission do not necessarily correspond to the same construct, we believe that these phenomena were related to each other in this case, probably because of a notable change in our patient's underlying belief system. |
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spelling | pubmed-84736092021-09-28 The Remission of Social Anxiety Disorder After Trauma: A Case Report of Posttraumatic Growth? Hühne, Verônica Vigne, Paula de Menezes, Gabriela B. Fontenelle, Leonardo F. Front Psychiatry Psychiatry Posttraumatic growth (PTG) describes positive psychological change and improvement beyond one's previous functioning. It manifests as a change of self-perception, improvement in the relationship with others, and a better outlook on life. Despite consistent literature on the occurrence of PTG in healthy subjects, there is still a dearth of studies in people with pre-existing mental disorders, especially anxiety disorders. We report the case of a patient previously diagnosed with social anxiety disorder (SAD), whose symptoms remitted, and life view improved after a traumatic event, illustrating a case of PTG. The trauma shattered the patient's previous belief system, allowing the emergence of a new cognitive schema. Although PTG and symptom remission do not necessarily correspond to the same construct, we believe that these phenomena were related to each other in this case, probably because of a notable change in our patient's underlying belief system. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8473609/ /pubmed/34589004 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.692637 Text en Copyright © 2021 Hühne, Vigne, de Menezes and Fontenelle. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychiatry Hühne, Verônica Vigne, Paula de Menezes, Gabriela B. Fontenelle, Leonardo F. The Remission of Social Anxiety Disorder After Trauma: A Case Report of Posttraumatic Growth? |
title | The Remission of Social Anxiety Disorder After Trauma: A Case Report of Posttraumatic Growth? |
title_full | The Remission of Social Anxiety Disorder After Trauma: A Case Report of Posttraumatic Growth? |
title_fullStr | The Remission of Social Anxiety Disorder After Trauma: A Case Report of Posttraumatic Growth? |
title_full_unstemmed | The Remission of Social Anxiety Disorder After Trauma: A Case Report of Posttraumatic Growth? |
title_short | The Remission of Social Anxiety Disorder After Trauma: A Case Report of Posttraumatic Growth? |
title_sort | remission of social anxiety disorder after trauma: a case report of posttraumatic growth? |
topic | Psychiatry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8473609/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34589004 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.692637 |
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