{"id":8502,"date":"2023-07-21T10:52:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T07:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/finding-it-hard-to-stop-nail-biting-simple-habit-replacement-techniques-could-be-helpful\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T10:52:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T07:52:22","slug":"trovare-difficile-smettere-di-mangiarsi-le-unghie-puo-essere-utile-con-semplici-tecniche-di-sostituzione-delle-abitudini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/it\/trovare-difficile-smettere-di-mangiarsi-le-unghie-puo-essere-utile-con-semplici-tecniche-di-sostituzione-delle-abitudini\/","title":{"rendered":"Hai difficolt\u00e0 a smettere di mangiarti le unghie? Semplici tecniche di sostituzione delle abitudini potrebbero essere utili"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/finding-it-hard-to-stop-nail-biting-simple-habit-replacement-techniques-could-be-helpful.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Sentimenti di stress o noia possono indurre comportamenti ripetitivi indesiderati in alcune persone. Sebbene fastidiose, queste abitudini auto-calmanti sono difficili da fermare il pi\u00f9 delle volte. Un nuovo studio suggerisce alcune semplici tecniche di auto-aiuto per frenare i comportamenti ripetitivi.<\/p>\n<p>I comportamenti ripetitivi incentrati sul corpo sono comportamenti ripetitivi di cura personale che spesso causano danni fisici, secondo la Fondazione TLC per <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bfrb.org\/learn\/faqs\" target=\"_blank\">BFRB<\/a>S. Mangiarsi le unghie, strapparsi la pelle, mangiare i capelli, mordersi la pelle, mordersi le labbra e masticare la lingua sono alcuni esempi di questi.<\/p>\n<p>Questi comportamenti possono durare per tutta la vita in molte persone. Gli studi hanno dimostrato che alcune persone possono avere una predisposizione ereditaria per abitudini come stuzzicarsi la pelle o strapparsi i capelli e fattori come il temperamento della persona, l&#039;et\u00e0 di insorgenza e lo stress le scatenano.<\/p>\n<p>Sebbene la terapia cognitivo comportamentale, l&#039;addestramento all&#039;inversione delle abitudini e il trattamento comportamentale completo siano disponibili per le persone con BFRB, nessun trattamento \u00e8 efficace per tutti.<\/p>\n<p>Come parte dell&#039;ultimo <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamadermatology\/article-abstract\/2807394\" target=\"_blank\">studio<\/a>, i ricercatori hanno sviluppato una semplice strategia di sostituzione delle abitudini per aiutare le persone con questi comportamenti. Le tecniche prevedono lo sfregamento leggero della punta delle dita, del palmo o della parte posteriore del braccio, almeno due volte al giorno. Puoi saperne di pi\u00f9 sulle tecniche presso l&#039;Unit\u00e0 di Neuropsicologia Clinica <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/clinical-neuropsychology.de\/habit-replacement-en\/\" target=\"_blank\">sito web<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dopo uno studio di sei settimane condotto su 268 persone con BFRB, circa 53% dei partecipanti hanno osservato un certo miglioramento rispetto a circa 20% in un gruppo di controllo. Persone con abitudini di <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaldaily.com\/6-unhealthy-habits-spread-germs-everywhere-you-go-nail-biting-pen-chewing-400117\">mangiarsi le unghie<\/a> ha beneficiato maggiormente.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa regola \u00e8 solo toccare leggermente il tuo corpo. Se sei sotto stress, potresti eseguire i movimenti pi\u00f9 velocemente, ma non con pi\u00f9 pressione auto-applicata,&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/stop-biting-nails-new-research-suggests-gentle-touch-help-rcna94956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">disse<\/a> l&#039;autore principale dello studio Steffen Moritz, dell&#039;University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in Germania.<\/p>\n<p>Circa 80% dei partecipanti sono rimasti soddisfatti della formazione e 86% ha affermato che lo consiglierebbe ad altri, hanno affermato i ricercatori.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDirei che da un terzo alla met\u00e0 dei pazienti con BFRB [comportamento ripetitivo incentrato sul corpo] beneficia del disaccoppiamento, ma il resto no. E cos\u00ec l&#039;idea era di trovare un&#039;altra tecnica che fosse forse pi\u00f9 adatta a questi non-responder&quot;, ha aggiunto Moritz.<\/p>\n<p>John Piacentini, presidente del consiglio di amministrazione della Fondazione TLC per i BFRB, spera che &quot;lo studio aumenter\u00e0 la consapevolezza dei BFRB perch\u00e9 sono davvero poco conosciuti, spesso mal diagnosticati o persi del tutto&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Ci sono trattamenti ragionevolmente buoni l\u00e0 fuori che la maggior parte dei medici non \u00e8 a conoscenza o non fa&quot;, ha aggiunto.<\/p>\n<p>Pubblicato da Medicaldaily.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaldaily.com\/finding-it-hard-stop-nail-biting-simple-habit-replacement-techniques-could-helpful-470539\">Fonte quotidiana medica<\/a><\/p>\n<p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/finding-it-hard-to-stop-nail-biting-simple-habit-replacement-techniques-could-be-helpful.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Sentimenti di stress o noia possono indurre comportamenti ripetitivi indesiderati in alcune persone. Sebbene fastidiose, queste abitudini auto-calmanti sono difficili da fermare il pi\u00f9 delle volte. Un nuovo studio suggerisce alcune semplici tecniche di auto-aiuto per frenare i comportamenti ripetitivi.<\/p>\n<p>I comportamenti ripetitivi incentrati sul corpo sono comportamenti ripetitivi di cura personale che spesso causano danni fisici, secondo la Fondazione TLC per <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bfrb.org\/learn\/faqs\" target=\"_blank\">BFRB<\/a>S. Mangiarsi le unghie, strapparsi la pelle, mangiare i capelli, mordersi la pelle, mordersi le labbra e masticare la lingua sono alcuni esempi di questi.<\/p>\n<p>Questi comportamenti possono durare per tutta la vita in molte persone. Gli studi hanno dimostrato che alcune persone possono avere una predisposizione ereditaria per abitudini come stuzzicarsi la pelle o strapparsi i capelli e fattori come il temperamento della persona, l&#039;et\u00e0 di insorgenza e lo stress le scatenano.<\/p>\n<p>Sebbene la terapia cognitivo comportamentale, l&#039;addestramento all&#039;inversione delle abitudini e il trattamento comportamentale completo siano disponibili per le persone con BFRB, nessun trattamento \u00e8 efficace per tutti.<\/p>\n<p>Come parte dell&#039;ultimo <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamadermatology\/article-abstract\/2807394\" target=\"_blank\">studio<\/a>, i ricercatori hanno sviluppato una semplice strategia di sostituzione delle abitudini per aiutare le persone con questi comportamenti. Le tecniche prevedono lo sfregamento leggero della punta delle dita, del palmo o della parte posteriore del braccio, almeno due volte al giorno. Puoi saperne di pi\u00f9 sulle tecniche presso l&#039;Unit\u00e0 di Neuropsicologia Clinica <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/clinical-neuropsychology.de\/habit-replacement-en\/\" target=\"_blank\">sito web<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dopo uno studio di sei settimane condotto su 268 persone con BFRB, circa 53% dei partecipanti hanno osservato un certo miglioramento rispetto a circa 20% in un gruppo di controllo. Persone con abitudini di <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaldaily.com\/6-unhealthy-habits-spread-germs-everywhere-you-go-nail-biting-pen-chewing-400117\">mangiarsi le unghie<\/a> ha beneficiato maggiormente.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa regola \u00e8 solo toccare leggermente il tuo corpo. Se sei sotto stress, potresti eseguire i movimenti pi\u00f9 velocemente, ma non con pi\u00f9 pressione auto-applicata,&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/stop-biting-nails-new-research-suggests-gentle-touch-help-rcna94956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">disse<\/a> l&#039;autore principale dello studio Steffen Moritz, dell&#039;University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in Germania.<\/p>\n<p>Circa 80% dei partecipanti sono rimasti soddisfatti della formazione e 86% ha affermato che lo consiglierebbe ad altri, hanno affermato i ricercatori.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDirei che da un terzo alla met\u00e0 dei pazienti con BFRB [comportamento ripetitivo incentrato sul corpo] beneficia del disaccoppiamento, ma il resto no. E cos\u00ec l&#039;idea era di trovare un&#039;altra tecnica che fosse forse pi\u00f9 adatta a questi non-responder&quot;, ha aggiunto Moritz.<\/p>\n<p>John Piacentini, presidente del consiglio di amministrazione della Fondazione TLC per i BFRB, spera che &quot;lo studio aumenter\u00e0 la consapevolezza dei BFRB perch\u00e9 sono davvero poco conosciuti, spesso mal diagnosticati o persi del tutto&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Ci sono trattamenti ragionevolmente buoni l\u00e0 fuori che la maggior parte dei medici non \u00e8 a conoscenza o non fa&quot;, ha aggiunto.<\/p>\n<p>Pubblicato da Medicaldaily.com<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/finding-it-hard-to-stop-nail-biting-simple-habit-replacement-techniques-could-be-helpful.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Finding It Hard To Stop Nail Biting? 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