Society, phobias, and diferences

Phobias

Phobias and their management.

Disabling phobias and phobia like compulsive rituals are surprisingly common in the general population, though only a minority ask for help. Behavioural treatment (exposure) and antidepressants are the most helpful approaches. Most patients can help themselves if they use a self exposure approach systematically under the guidance of a clinician. The method seems well suited for use by general p...

Fears and Phobias

only given a rough idea of their actual numbers in the general community. They can also cause tremendous distress and disability to people over many years. Nevertheless, there has been a tendency in the past to treat them mainly as medical curiosities and few probics benefited much from the attentions of doctors. Even recent editions of standard psychiatric textbooks have dealt very inadequatel...

Radiation: facts, fallacies and phobias.

There is frequent debate in the media and the scientific published reports about the use of radiation for diagnosis and treatment, the benefits and risks of the nuclear industry, uranium mining and the storage of radioactive wastes. Driving this debate is increasing concern about reliance on fossil fuels for power generation for which alternatives are required. Unfortunately, there is generally...

Assessment of childhood phobias.

Childhood phobias can be successfully treated using a variety of behavioral strategies, provided there has been a psychometrically sound assessment. Measures are also important for the evaluation of treatment efficacy and the testing of hypotheses generated by new ideas and theories of children's phobias. This paper outlines broad-based assessment procedures used in the evaluation of children's...