Understanding Phobias
Subtitle: Symptoms ; Causes ; Treatment ; Prevention
Series: Geddes and Grosset Health Series; Geddes and Grosset Health Series
Publisher: Waverley Books; Gresham Publishing Company Limited, The
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9781842058589; 9781855349384
Subjects: Phobias
Description: <Div>Explains phobias and gives advice on ways to heal, handle and cope</div>
Notes: Symptoms of dental phobia.

English.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title; Contents; Chapter One: Phobias; Introduction and general definition; The present situation; Phobia in the past; Recent developments; Classification and diagnosis of phobias; Chapter Two: Agoraphobia; Symptoms and defining criteria; Panic attacks and disorders; Development of agoraphobia; Treatments for agoraphobia; Chapter Three: Social Phobia; Symptoms and defining criteria; Development of social phobia; Treatments for social phobia; Chapter Four: Specific Phobia; Symptoms and defining criteria; Development of specific phobia; Treatments for specific phobia.; title: Chapter Five: Anxiety DisordersObsessive-compulsive disorder; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Acute stress disorder; Generalised anxiety disorder; Anxiety due to a physical disorder or substance; Separation anxiety; Chapter Six: A List of Phobias; Chapter Seven: Animal Specific Phobia; Specific phobia; Animal specific phobia; Symptoms of animal phobia; Development of animal phobia; Chapter Eight: Animal Specific Phobia: Spider Phobia; Symptoms of spider phobia; Development of spider phobia; Treatment of spider phobia; Chapter Nine: Single-session Treatment for Spider Phobia.; title: Allaying fears of phobic personExplaining graded exposure and the goals of treatment to the phobic person; Explaining the teamwork approach; Chapter Ten: Animal Specific Phobia: Dog Phobia; Symptoms of dog phobia; Development of dog phobia; Treatment of dog phobia; Chapter Eleven: Natural Environment Specific Phobia; Symptoms of natural environment phobia; Development of natural environment phobia; Treatment of natural environment phobia; Chapter Tweleve: Blood-Injury-Injection Specific Phobia; Symptoms of blood-injury-injection phobia; Diagnosis of blood-injury-injection phobia.; title: Development of blood-injury-injection phobiaTreatment of blood-injury-injection phobia; Chapter Thirteen: Situational Specific Phobia: Claustrophobia; Symptoms of situational phobia; Symptoms of claustrophobia; Development of claustrophobia; Treatment of claustrophobia; Chapter Fourteen: Situational Specific Phobia: Flying or Flight Phobia; Symptoms of flight phobia; Development of flight phobia; Treatment of flight phobia; Chapter Fifteen: Situational Specific Phobia: Accident Phobia; Symptoms of accident phobia; Development of accident phobia; Treatment of accident phobia.; title: Chapter Sixteen: Specific Phobia, Others Subgroup: Water PhobiaSymptoms of water phobia in children; Symptoms of water phobia in adults; Development of water phobia; Treatment of water phobia; Chapter Seventeen: Specific Phobia, Others Subgroup: Acrophobia; Symptoms of acrophobia (height phobia); Development of acrophobia; Treatment of acrophobia (height phobia); Chapter Eighteen: Specific Phobia, Others Subgroup: Choking Phobia; Symptoms of choking phobia; Development of choking phobia; Treatment of choking; Chapter Ninteen: Specific Phobia, Others Subgroup: Dental Phobia.