Fears, Phobias, and Rituals. Panic, Anxiety, and Their Disorders.

Abstract

NORMAL FEAR: Fear, defense and evolution Situations which evoke fear Fear behaviours: The four strategies Some fear adaptations ETIOLOGY: Development of fear Genetics of fear Physiology of fear Learning of fear CLINICAL SYNDROMES: Phobic and obsessive-compulsive phenomena: Classification, prevalence and relationship to other problems The agoraphobic syndrome (panic disorder with agoraphobia): Social and specific phobias Traumatic phobias, illness phobias, and children's phobias Obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD) TREATMENT: Psychological treatment: Principles Psychological treatment: Clinical issues Physical treatment of phobic and obsessive-compulsive disorders.