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Health Encyclopedia: Anxiety Disorders Introduction
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Introduction
Fear and stress reactions are essential for human survival. They enable people to pursue important goals and to respond appropriately to danger. In a healthy individual, the stress response (fight, fright, or flight) is provoked by a genuine threat or challenge and is used as a spur for appropriate action.
An anxiety disorder, however, involves an excessive or inappropriate state of arousal characterized by feelings of apprehension, uncertainty, or fear. The word is derived from the L...
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Expert & Community Posts
Conquering Your Fear of Flying
By Jerilyn Ross, M.A., L.I.C.S.W. , Health ExpertWhether your fear of flying manifests as butterflies in your stomach, gripping the armrests on... Read more »
Fear of Flying
By Gerald Tarlow, Ph.D. , Health Expert...phobia I have treated over the past 30 years is the fear of flying. It is a phobia that can... Read more »
Treatment of a Specific Phobia - Session 4
By Gerald Tarlow, Ph.D. , Health Expert...was the fourth session for the treatment of Karen's fear of flying. Today Karen was introduced... Read more »
Question of the Week: Do You Have any Unusual Phobias?
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert...as flying on an airplane, public speaking or the fear of heights. But there are many less... Read more »
Treatment of a Specific Phobia - The Case of Karen
By Gerald Tarlow, Ph.D. , Health Expert...the internet in searching for help with a severe fear of flying. After taking the Fear of... Read more »
Health Guide
Aviophobia or Fear of Flying
... mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} The fear of flying is called aviophobia and according to an article “Flying Phobia” on the... Read more »What Are Phobias?
...font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} Do you know someone with an intense fear of dogs? Or of flying? Or heights? All of these fears are considered to be “specific... Read more »Specific Phobias Explained
...mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} Phobias are not just an intense fear; they are an irrational and unsubstantiated fear of an object or... Read more »Needle Phobia
...font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} Approximately 10% of the population has needle phobia, or an intense fear of needles and sharp objects. Fear of needles is a “specific phobia.”... Read more »Performance Anxiety
...doing a toast at a wedding, or a reading at church. When a person experiences such a high level fear of speaking or performing in front of others, they are often suffering from a specific form... Read more »Images
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