Conquering Our Phobias. Marianne Szegedy-Maszak.
by Szegedy-Maszak, Marianne; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 23Health. Publisher: U.S. News & World Report, 2004ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Amygdaloid body | Fear | Panic attacks | Panic disorders -- Treatment | Phobias | Prefrontal corteDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Approximately 14.8 million American adults...suffer from irrational fears of a particular situation, object or experience. Today [2004], anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States, afflicting 13.3 percent of adults. And the nature of these disorders seems to reflect the landscape of worry and stress of 21st-century life: Overdue bills and Code Orange terrorism alerts merely top the list of worries stressing people out. But for some people, they trigger or fuel a host of anxiety disorders." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article examines "the biological underpinnings of paralyzing fears."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Conquering Our Phobias, Dec. 6, 2004; pp. 66-72.
"Approximately 14.8 million American adults...suffer from irrational fears of a particular situation, object or experience. Today [2004], anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States, afflicting 13.3 percent of adults. And the nature of these disorders seems to reflect the landscape of worry and stress of 21st-century life: Overdue bills and Code Orange terrorism alerts merely top the list of worries stressing people out. But for some people, they trigger or fuel a host of anxiety disorders." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article examines "the biological underpinnings of paralyzing fears."
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