Thursday, January 12, 2017

Managing "Morbid Fears", "Irrational Fears", or Phobias

Definition - A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder, defined by a persistent fear of an object or situation.  The word phobia comes from the Greek: φόβος (phóbos), meaning "aversion", "fear", or "morbid fear".


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Here are some resources to that might help manage morbid fears or phobias:

Internet Links....

  1. Phobias: Causes, Symptoms, and Diagnosis - Medical News Today and
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  2. The Phobia List

  3. The Treatment of Phobias - The Phobia List

  4. Understanding Phobias -- Treatment - WebMD

  5. Phobias - Treatment - NHS Choices

  6. Phobias and Irrational Fears: Symptoms, Treatment, and Self-Help for ...

  7. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Short-term ...

  8. Dealing with a Fear of Death - Uncommon Help

  9. A cure for social anxiety disorders

  10. Social anxiety disorders? Cognitive therapy most effective treatment

  11. The Many Treatment Methodologies for Phobias: Finding the Best Fit ...

  12. Reducing Fear Without Fear Itself

  13. NLP Technique | Fast Phobia Cure

  14. Phobia - Hypnotherapy 

  15. PressTV-Scientists use Virtual Reality to treat phobias

  16. Overcome a Phobia With Self Hypnosis - Health Guidance

  17. Thames Medical Lectures - Phobias Script for Clinical Hypnosis ...

  18. Hypnosis Scripts for Fears & Phobias | Hypnotic World

  19. Phobia Hypnosis Scripts | Hypnosis Tutorials

  20. The Effect of Play Therapy on Phobia in 5-11 Years Old Children Who ...

  21. Prevalence of social phobia disorder in high school students in Abhar ...

  22. Effect of Meta-Cognitive Therapy on Self Assertiveness Skill in ...

  23. Full Text (PDF) - Iran Red Crescent Med J - The Effectivenessof Mindfulness-Based CognitiveTherapy on Iranian Female Adolescents Suffering FromSocial Anxiety


Books....

  1. Cognitive-behavioral Group Therapy for Social Phobia: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Strategies by Richard G. Heimberg, Robert E. Becker, Guilford Press, 2002 
  2. Handbook of Phobia Therapy: Rapid Symptom Relief in Anxiety Disorders by
    Carol G. Lindemann, J. Aronson, 1989 
  3. Phobia: the facts, by Donald W. Goodwin, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1983 
  4. The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook, by Edmund Bourne,
    New Harbinger Publications, 2011

Disclaimer - Article is for information only and is not medical or legal advice.