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Stephanie Gorka
Stephanie Gorka PhD
Dr. Stephanie Gorka is a clinical psychologist, research Assistant Professor, and Associate Director of the UIC Recovery Clinic. She completed both her doctoral degree and clinical psychology internship at UIC. Her research focuses on the intersection of addiction and anxiety and how symptoms of ...
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Ambiguous or uncertain threats drive most fear-based psychopathologies
Having an increased sensitivity to ambiguous, uncertain threats—or a hypervigilant fear of the unknown—is at the root of most fear-based psychopathologies according to a new study from the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). The November 2016 findings were published this week in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. Read More
Fear of Unknown Underlies Many Anxiety Disorders
Many types of anxiety disorders such as panic disorder, social anxiety disorder and specific phobias, share a common underlying feature: increased sensitivity to uncertain threat, or fear of the unknown, according to a new study at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). Read More