Objective The purpose of our study was to assess the relationship between fear avoidance and acute concussion symptoms in athletes. Design A cross-sectional study. Setting On the respective college ...

Experiential avoidance helps explain why people are resistant to making changes in their lives, even when those changes could ...

"You can hide 'neath the covers and study your pain," is a classic line from Bruce Springsteen's seize-the-day anthem, "Thunder Road." Unfortunately, people with extreme lower back pain can lose their ...

Pain perception in affected individuals is more strongly influenced by learned fear than in healthy individuals. Changes along the gut-brain axis related to chronic inflammation may explain this. Many ...

A new study in Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, challenges the long-held view of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a fear-based disorder. In the study, 68% of trauma-exposed ...