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cancer phobia
cancer phobia n. a disorder in which minor symptoms are interpreted as signs of cancer and panic attacks may occur. See also
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Phobias: how they're caused, how they can be treated. (interview with Barry Wolfe)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 12/17/1984; 700+ words
; ...have some kind of phobia--up to 25 million...main kinds of phobias? A Agoraphobia...do anxiety and phobias differ? A Anxiety--like phobia--is a form...she developed a phobia of thunder and...theory, traces phobias to a transmission...
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Fighting phobias: the things that go bump in the mind.
Magazine article from: FDA Consumer; 3/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...being used to treat phobias and other anxiety...develop a specific phobia of anything, but in most cases the phobia is shared by many and has a name. Animal phobias--cynophobia...public speaking. Some phobias cause significant...treatment when their phobia interferes in their...
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Phobias: A Handbook of Theory, Research and Treatment
Magazine article from: Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...treatment of specific phobia. Phobias are ubiquitous and...conditions. In DSM-IV, phobias comprise a range...including social phobia and agoraphobia...blood-injury phobias (Ost and Hellstrom), dental phobia (Kent), water...
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Social Phobia Among University Students and Its Relation to Self-Esteem and Body Image
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Psychiatry; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...To demonstrate the prevalence of social phobia and its relation to body image and self...III-Revised (DIS-III-R) Social Phobia Scale, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale...Results: Lifetime prevalence of social phobia among university students was 9.6...
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Social Phobia.(Pamphlet)
Newspaper article from: Pamphlet by: National Institute of Mental Health; 9/1/1999; 700+ words
; Social phobia, also called social anxiety, is a disorder...social situations. People with social phobia have a persistent, intense, and chronic...activities. While many people with social phobia recognize that their fear of being around...
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COLUMN: Phobias an unfortunate part of daily life for sufferers
News Wire article from: University Wire; 12/11/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...that there exists a phobia for it. Some phobias are shared more than...every "common" phobia, there exist at least 20 phobias that just don't...to deal with their phobias: to recognize that the person with the phobia can make a choice...
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10 terrors: Phobias disrupt daily life.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 3/19/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...not necessarily phobias. So the question is, is it a phobia? Or is it just...it does, that phobia should be identified and treated. "Phobias aren't like a...to identify the phobia. Here are a sampling of 10 phobias: _Cynophobia...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Fears and phobias that can spiral out of control.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 4/9/2007; 700+ words
; ...flying. But what are phobias, and how do they develop...Learner's Dictionary a phobia is an extreme fear of...might be, 'I've got a phobia about, or, of worms...doing some research into phobias - there are hundreds of things that one can have a phobia about - and being interested...
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+(via+Knight-Ridder%2fTribune+News+Service) "San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)")
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10 terrors: Phobias disrupt daily life.
Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 12/18/2003; 700+ words
; ...not necessarily phobias. So the question is, is it a phobia? Or is it just...it does, that phobia should be identified and treated. "Phobias aren't like a...to identify the phobia. Here are a sampling of 10 phobias: _Cynophobia...
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Number of phobias seems infinite
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 12/3/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...have some level of phobia. "Traumatic events...development of significant phobias, which are slightly...in treating social phobia. "There is no proven...treatment for specific phobias..." Too often...example. A powerful phobia can be an absolutely...Hundreds and hundreds of phobias ...
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Phobias in Children
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
PHOBIAS IN CHILDREN A phobia (from the Greek phobos...later writings, he linked phobias to hysterical anxiety...notion of the formation of phobias in the case of Little...related in "Analysis of a Phobia in a Five-Year-Old...
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Phobias
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Phobias Definition A phobia is an intense but unrealistic fear that can interfere...can be divided into three specific types: specific phobias social phobia agoraphobia Specific phobias As its name suggests, a specific phobia is the fear...
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Phobia of Committing Impulsive Acts
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
...the fact that any phobia can become obsessive and placed these phobias of impulsive acts...contrast to simple phobias, the subjects of the phobia of impulsive acts...component in the choice of phobia. Phobias of impulsive actions...
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Phobia
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Phobia Phobias are morbid, irrational fear...specific phobia, social phobia, and agoraphobia. Specific phobias include fears of clearly identifiable...or frightened can initiate a phobia. Although most phobias develop via conditioning or...
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Social phobia
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Social phobia Definition Social phobia is defined by DSM-IV-TR as an anxiety disorder characterized...patient might feel embarrassment or humiliation. Generalized social phobia refers to a fear of most social interactions combined with fear...
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