Essays Tagged: "persistent fear"

Anorexia Treatment.

uicide. In definition it's the deliberate self-starvation with intense weight loss. Patients have a persistent fear of gaining weight, they refuse to eat, their always on a diet, always exercising the ...

(4 pages) 50 0 0.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

"Fear of fear" is a central feature of agoraphobia. A discussion what is meant by this statement.

ecause agoraphobiacs are afraid of loosing control in public. A phobia is defined as an irrational, persistent fear associated with a specific object or situation. It is so strong that the person suff ...

(1 pages) 45 1 4.5 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Stress Reduction

America in the last 10-15 years has set unmistakable pressures and stresses There is very real and persistent fear of the loss of employment and job insecurity in the majority of employees. The loss ...

(2 pages) 15 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Social Anxiety Disorder Research Proposal

ion (2000, p. 456), the diagnostic criteria for social anxiety disorder is defined as a "marked and persistent fear of one or more social or performance situations in which the person is exposed to un ...

(3 pages) 24 0 0.0 Jun/2012

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Social Anxiety Disorder Research Paper

ion (2000, p. 456), the diagnostic criteria for social anxiety disorder is defined as a "marked and persistent fear of one or more social or performance situations in which the person is exposed to un ... reer.According to the National Institute of Mental Health, (2010), people with SAD have an anxious, persistent, self-conscious chronic fear of being embarrassed in front of other people and being judg ...

(5 pages) 16 0 0.0 Jun/2012

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health