
Understanding Phobias
Symptoms, Causes, Treatments
Katherine Wright(Author)
Geddes & Grosset (Publisher)
Published on 31. December 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-85534-938-4 (ISBN)
Description
Anxiety and phobia is characterised by an overwhelming fear or dread of certain objects, animals, events or situations. It can restrict and inhibit everyday activities, and cause intense misery for the person with the phobia. This book explains phobias and helps you to understand and to get help with them.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Glasgow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 193 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
240 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85534-938-4 (9781855349384)
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06/2015
Geddes and Grosset
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Person
Katherine Wright is a science and medical writer and journalist, and has written many books. She is a qualified scientist and is married with two children.
Content
Chapter 1: Phobias - introduction Chapter 2: Agoraphobia; Chapter 3: Social Phobia; Chapter 4: Specific Phobia; Chapter 5: Anxiety Disorders - OCD; PSD; Acute stress disorder; Separation anxiety; Chapter 6: A list of phobias; Chapter 7: Animal Specific Phobias; Chapter 8: Spider phobias; Chapter 9: Spider Phobia Treatment , Chapter 10: Dog phobia; Chapter 11: Natural Environment Phobia; 12: Blood and injury phobia; 13: Claustrophobia; 14: Flying and flight phobia; 15: Accident phobia; 16: Water phobia; 17: Acrophobia (height); 18: Choking Phobia, 19: Dental phobia; 20: Taihin-Kyofu-Sho Phobia; 21: Social Media phobia; 22: The development of phobias; 23: the treatment of phobias, 24: Stress, 25: Alternative Therapies; 26: Psychotherapy; 27: Case histories 28: conclusions