Hypochondriacal Anxieties in Adolescence

Hypochondriacal Syndromes

weightless state. As the authors note, information in this area has not been generally available. They include a brief and timely account of the available data and there are references to more detailed reviews of studies in aerospace performance. This volume is a valuable reference source and it will be of particular interest to investigators in the fields of psychology, experimental neurology,...

Deployment anxieties

Going off to war may stir up a wide range of intense feelings, including anxiety, excitement, depression, pride, and anticipation of what is to come. While a certain amount of anxiety is expected for most people, in some cases, anxiety can become overwhelming and interfere with your ability to function. Fortunately, there are various resources for members of the armed forces and a variety of po...

Arias, anxieties and epidemics.

Hypochondriacal attitudes, pain sensitivity, and attentional bias.

The relation between hypochondriacal attitudes, thermal pain threshold, and attentional bias toward pain was examined in a non-clinical population (N = 28). Attentional bias was operationalized with a concentration-performance test, which subjects performed while connected to a pain stimulator. Subjects were informed that they would receive a painful stimulus during the second part of the test,...

Archetypal Anxieties in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining

The study intends to study the archetypal anxieties in Stanley Kubrick’s (1980) The Shining, which can be interpreted as Danny’s journey for the completion of his individualization process. In his individualization process, Danny has to go through the anxieties often seen in fairytales, such as separation anxieties, authoritarian anxieties, Oedipal rivalry anxieties, and sexual anxieties, in or...