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Soins. Pediatrie, Puericulture 2012The refusal to go to school has been the subject of studies since the 19th century. It is necessary to separate the notions of truancy and school refusal, leaving that...
The refusal to go to school has been the subject of studies since the 19th century. It is necessary to separate the notions of truancy and school refusal, leaving that of anxiety-based school refusal. There exists a link between this phenomenon and separation anxiety, a depressive state and family problems.
Topics: Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior; Child; Child Behavior; Humans; Phobic Disorders; Students
PubMed: 22880322
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Comprehensive Psychiatry 1994Choking phobia is characterized by fear and avoidance of swallowing food, fluids, or pills. Most individuals with this phobia suddenly acquire their fear after an...
Choking phobia is characterized by fear and avoidance of swallowing food, fluids, or pills. Most individuals with this phobia suddenly acquire their fear after an episode of choking on food. Fear of choking appears to occur somewhat more often in females than in males, and has a variable age of onset ranging from childhood to old age. Its prevalence is unknown. Choking phobia appears responsive to antipanic medication and to certain cognitive and behavioral therapies.
Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Airway Obstruction; Anorexia Nervosa; Child; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Phobic Disorders; Weight Loss
PubMed: 8149735
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American Review of Soviet Medicine Apr 1948
Topics: Phobic Disorders
PubMed: 18912655
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Clinical Psychology Review Nov 2004There have been significant advances in recent years in the understanding and treatment of social phobia, which are summarised in this Special Issue. This paper outlines...
There have been significant advances in recent years in the understanding and treatment of social phobia, which are summarised in this Special Issue. This paper outlines and describes some further priority areas for future research. It is suggested that social phobia should be investigated as a developmental condition, with special attention to the first two years of life; and subtypes of social phobia be further explored and their implication for treatment. Social phobia is often comorbid with other disorders and its relationship with these disorders warrants further investigation with respect to causality and treatment implications. Lastly, the investigation of social phobia within a health services research context is highlighted with the necessity of refining the design of clinical trials to establish the efficacy and effectiveness of current treatments.
Topics: Forecasting; Humans; Phobic Disorders; Psychological Theory; Research
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Singapore Medical Journal Apr 1994Blood-injury phobia is a unique and peculiar phobia. It is different from other phobias in that it evokes a diphasic cardiovascular response; it has a propensity to...
Blood-injury phobia is a unique and peculiar phobia. It is different from other phobias in that it evokes a diphasic cardiovascular response; it has a propensity to induce fainting and nausea more than fear and anxiety; and often there is a family history of a similar phobia. Although it may cause no great difficulty or social handicap in everyday life compared to social phobia, agoraphobia or other simple phobias, it can have grave implications and may even become life-threatening when it prevents essential medical procedures. Unfortunately, not many of its sufferers come for treatment until circumstances require urgent attention. Yet, it can be effectively treated behaviourally by modeling and exposure therapy. Two cases of this fascinating condition are described.
Topics: Adult; Arousal; Blood; Desensitization, Psychologic; Hemodynamics; Humans; Male; Phobic Disorders; Sick Role; Wounds and Injuries
PubMed: 7939819
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Journal of Clinical Psychology Jul 1995One hundred fifty people completed a two-part questionnaire that investigates beliefs about the nature and cure of phobia. The questionnaire was derived from interviews...
One hundred fifty people completed a two-part questionnaire that investigates beliefs about the nature and cure of phobia. The questionnaire was derived from interviews with people as well as a content analysis of salient literature. Both parts of the questionnaire had a fairly complex, but interpretable, factor structure. Five factors emerged from the 23-item attitude section: the idea that certain personality factors related to phobia; there are physical correlates of phobia; observational learning causes phobia; phobias are caused by behavioral pairing; and, finally, Freudian ideas of unconscious association. The 13-item treatment section showed four factors: alternative medical practices; psycho-analytic practices, desensitization, and flooding. There was a clear and logical relationship between perceptions of the causes and treatment of phobia. The study demonstrates that lay people have coherent theories of the etiology and cure of phobia.
Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Phobic Disorders; Psychoanalytic Therapy; Surveys and Questionnaires
PubMed: 7593671
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International Clinical... Oct 1997Social phobia is a recognized clinical condition and is at least as well defined as other psychiatric disorders in which no brain damage has been identified. There are... (Review)
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Social phobia is a recognized clinical condition and is at least as well defined as other psychiatric disorders in which no brain damage has been identified. There are both qualitative and quantitative differences between pathological and normal anxiety. The separation of social phobia from normal shyness is clear from the distress suffered, the impact on daily activities, the duration of the condition and the qualitative difference of the anxiety experienced in social phobia.
Topics: Humans; Phobic Disorders
PubMed: 9466169
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The Practitioner May 2000
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Topics: Algorithms; Anxiety; Family Practice; Humans; Phobic Disorders
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Behaviour Research and Therapy Oct 1998The present study was carried out to explore the relation between BII phobia and dental phobia. An additional aim was to determine the fainting tendency of dental...
The present study was carried out to explore the relation between BII phobia and dental phobia. An additional aim was to determine the fainting tendency of dental phobics and BII phobics during an invasive treatment procedure. Participants were 63 patients undergoing treatment in a dental fear clinic, and 173 patients undergoing dental surgery in a university hospital. They completed measures on fears of particular medical and dental stimuli, fainting history, general trait anxiety, dental anxiety, BII anxiety, BII avoidance, and a questionnaire aimed to define a phobia based on DSM-IV criteria. Immediately after treatment information was obtained on exposures to blood or injections, state anxiety, and feelings of faintness during treatment. The results did not indicate any significant relationship between measures of dental anxiety and BII anxiety or BII avoidance. However, 57% of the dental phobic patients could also be classified as BII phobic. The proportion of dental phobics who reported fainting episodes in their past was similar to that of the BII phobics (37%), but none of the participants fainted during treatment. It is concluded that, albeit the level of co-occurrence for both types of phobias is high, dental phobia should be considered as a specific phobia, independent for the BII subtype within DSM-IV. Further, the findings are inconsistent with the notion that individuals with BII phobia have a remarkably high tendency to faint in the presence of their phobic stimuli.
Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Attitude to Health; Blood; Chi-Square Distribution; Dental Anxiety; Female; Humans; Injections; Male; Middle Aged; Phobic Disorders; Syncope; Wounds and Injuries
PubMed: 9714947
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Soins. Pediatrie, Puericulture 2012
Topics: Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior; Child; Child Behavior; Humans; Phobic Disorders; Students
PubMed: 22880331
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