Phobias are the most prominent mental illnesses found among children and adolescents‚ and often continue into adulthood. Five to twelve percent of Americans will experience a phobia in their lifetime‚ and most cases go untreated. While they are treatable‚ Phobias are considerably the most difficult form of anxiety to cure. The presence of a phobia induces intense fear‚ and leads to prolonged anxiety. They are typically more prominent among children‚ and commonly appear in the form of a "specific
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Known as a mental disorder a phobia is a persistent fear of a specific object‚ activity‚ or situation that leads to compelling desire to avoid it. Phobias tend to affect the way people live their lives‚ for example‚ their working and social environments‚ considering that they last for a very long time and are capable to cause intense psychological physical stress. It is considered today the most common mental and anxiety disorder in the United States (Matig Mavissakalian & David H. Barlow 1981 pp
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fear and phobias a) What is phobia b) Difference of fear and phobia c) Part of the brain which is responsible for fear and phobia d) Classification of phobia Specific phobia- meaning Blood injury injection phobia Situational phobia Natural environment phobia Animal phobia Causes Symptoms Treatment Social phobia – meaning Causes Symptoms Treatment Agoraphobia – meaning Causes Symptoms Treatment e) Examples III Conclusion IV Bibliography Phobia A phobia is an
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study………………………………………….…………. 2. 1.3 Goals of the study………………………………………………………. 2. II. RESEARCH DESIGN………………………………………………... 3. 2.1 Type of Research Approach………………………………………….. 3. 2.2 Type of Research Design……………………………………………... 3. 2.3 Data Collecting Methods and Data Analysis…………………….... 3. 2.4 Population and Sampling Procedures……………………………… 4. 2.5 Anticipated Problems………….………………………………………. 5. 2.6 Procedures of Research Study………………………………………. 6. 2.7 Costing………………………………………………………….………… 7. 2.8 Ethical
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school senior. She is a transfer student from a catholic high school‚ where she was part of a smaller class. She is finishing high school in few weeks. Lately‚ her friends have been noticing that she appears to be uptight and is not show interest in social activities. She spends most of her free time in reading books and articles. When it is time to do a presentation in class‚ fellow classmates have notices that she is anxious and perspires profusely while in front of class. People have also noticed
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A phobia is an irrational fear‚ a kind of anxiety disorder in which the sufferer has a relentless dread of a situation‚ living creature‚ place or thing. People with a phobia go to great lengths to avoid a perceived danger which is much greater in their minds than in real life. If confronted with the source of their phobia‚ the person will suffer enormous distress‚ which can interfere with their normal function; it can sometimes lead to total panic. For some people‚ even thinking about their phobia
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�PAGE �1� Social Anxiety Disorder RUNNING HEAD: SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER RESEARCH PROPOSAL Social Anxiety Disorder Research Proposal May 16‚ 2011 � ABSTRACT Social anxiety disorder is an illness in which those affected are excessively self-conscious and overwhelmingly anxious in everyday social situations. According to American Psychiatric Association (2000‚ p. 456)‚ the diagnostic criteria for social anxiety disorder is defined as a "marked and persistent fear of one or more social or performance
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Explaining Phobias Within this paper Sally a 23 year old woman with a dog phobia will be discussed. Also‚ how operant and classical conditioning as well as observational learning are a factor in developing Sally’s phobia will be covered. Additionally‚ how extinction and tenets of cognitive theory can help Sally overcome her dog phobia will be explained. A phobia is an abnormal‚ vigorous‚ unreasonable persistent dread or terror that causes anxiety. “Approximately 40 million American adults ages
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Phobia Acrophobia is well known as a fear of heights‚ and many experts keep focusing on studying and finding the causes‚ symptoms‚ and treatments for the best and most effective solution of this phobia. Acrophobia is derived from Greek; acro means “high” and phobia means “fears”. Acrophobia is characterized “by marked anxiety upon exposure of heights‚ by avoidance of heights‚ and by interference in functioning as a result of this fear” (Ibrahim‚ "Virtual Reality Approach in Acrophobia Treatment")
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specific phobia and most undergo a treatment. The most common phobia today would be anachrophobia‚ or the fear of spiders. There are many ways to treat a phobia. The psychologists and psychiatrists in the United States all use many different approaches to treating a phobia; but there are two main treatments that they would use. They both have high success rates and both are still a very modern way to treat many of today’s patients. The primary treatments in the United States to treat phobias would be
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