Phobias

Irena Milosevic is a clinical psychologist at the Anxiety Treatment and Research Centre at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton and an assistant professor (part-time) in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University, both in Hamilton, Canada.Randi E. McCabe is director of the Anxiety Treatment and Research Centre and psychologist-in-chief at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton and associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University, both in Ontario, Canada.

The text serves multiple purposes as a quick reference source and as a starting point for in-depth research on phobias; it could also be used as a supplemental textbook for introductory psychology courses. The index allows readers to easily locate discussion about specific phobias that do not merit their own entries. This book fills a niche alongside related resources. . . . Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduates through researchers/faculty; general readers; professionals/practitioners.

• Acknowledgments,Introduction,EntriesAcarophobia (Imagined Infestation),Acrophobia (Fear of Heights),Age of Onset,Agliophobia (Fear of Pain),Agoraphobia (Fear of Panic-Like Symptoms),Ailurophobia (Fear of Cats),American Psychiatric Association,American Psychological Association,Amygdala,Antony, Martin M. (1964– ),Anxiety and Depression Association of America,Anxiety and Related Disorders,Anxiety and Related Disorders Interview Schedule,Anxiety Sensitivity,Apiphobia (Fear of Bees),Applied Relaxation,Applied Tension,Aquaphobia (Fear of Water),Arachnophobia (Fear of Spiders),Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies,Astraphobia (Fear of Thunder and Lightning),Attention,Atychiphobia (Fear of Failure),Aversions,Aviophobia (Fear of Flying),Bandura, Albert (1925– ),Barlow, David H. (1942– ),Beck, Aaron T. (1921– ),Behavior Therapy,Behavioral Approach Test,Behavioral Experiment,Behavioral Model,Benzodiazepines,Beta-Blockers,Carbon Dioxide Challenge Test,Childhood, Phobias in,Chronicity,Classical Conditioning,Classification,Claustrophobia (Fear of Enclosed Spaces),Cognitive Behavioral Therapy,Cognitive Bias Modification,Cognitive Model,Cognitive Restructuring,Cognitive Therapy,Comorbidity,Contingency Management,Cortisol,Craske, Michelle G.,Cultural Differences,Cynophobia (Fear of Dogs),D-Cycloserine,Differential Diagnosis,Disease-Avoidance Model,Disgust Sensitivity,Distraction,DSM-5,Dysmorphophobia (Fear of Deformity),Ellis, Albert (1913–2007),Emetophobia (Fear of Vomiting),Emotional Processing Theory,Entomophobia (Fear of Insects),Erotophobia (Fear of Sex),Erythrophobia (Fear of Blushing),Evolution, Role of,Exposure, Imaginal,Exposure, In Vivo,Exposure, Interoceptive,Exposure Treatment,Extinction,Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing,Eysenck, Hans J. (1916–1997),Fainting Response,Fear,Fear, Animal Models of,Fear, Neural Pathways of,Fear, Physiology of,Fear, Return of (Relapse),Fear Generalization,Fear of Driving,Fear of Germs,Fear of Strangers (Stranger Anxiety),Fear of Success,Fear of the Unknown,Fear Survey Schedule,Fear-Potentiated Startle,Fight-or-Flight Response,Flooding,Foa, Edna B. (1937– ),Freud, Sigmund (1856–1939),Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid,Gender Differences,Guided Mastery Therapy,Habituation,Hypnosis,Hypochondriasis,Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis,Iatrophobia (Fear of Doctors),Implosive Therapy,Information-Processing Biases,International Classification of Diseases,Jones, Mary Cover (1897–1987),Lang, Peter J. (1930– ),Learning Theory,Lifespan, Phobias across the,Limbic System,Marks, Isaac M. (1937– ),Medical Student Syndrome,Memory,Modeling,Musophobia (Fear of Mice),National Institute of Mental Health,Neuroimaging,Non-Associative Model,Nosophobia (Fear of Disease or Illness),Nyctophobia (Fear of the Dark),Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder,Ollendick, Thomas H. (1945– ),One-Session Treatment,Operant Conditioning,Ophidiophobia (Fear of Snakes),Ornithophobia (Fear of Birds),Öst, Lars-Göran,Panic Attacks,Panic Disorder,Pavlov, Ivan (1849–1936),Perceived Control,Perception, Visual,Personality,Phobia, Animal Type,Phobia, Blood-Injection-Injury Type,Phobia, Choking,Phobia, Dental,Phobia, Natural Environment Type,Phobia, Other Type,Phobia, School,Phobia, Situational Type,Phobia, Specific,Phobia Types,Phobias, Assessment of,Phobias, Causes of,Phobias, Diagnosis of,Phobias, Family Influences on the Development and Maintenance of,Phobias, Genetics of,Phobias, History of,Phobias, Impairment Related to,Phobias, Life-Threatening,Phobias, Prevalence of,Phobias, Social and Economic Impact of,Phobias in Popular Culture,Phobic Beliefs,Phobic Neurosis,Posttraumatic Stress Disorder,Preparedness Theory,Psychiatry,Psychoanalysis,Psychoeducation,Psychology,Ptophobia (Fear of Falling),Rachman, Jack (1934– ),Reciprocal Inhibition,Risk Factors,Rothbaum, Barbara O.,Safety Behavior,Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors,Self-Efficacy Theory,Skinner, B. F. (1904–1990),Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia),Social Learning Theory,Social Skills Training,Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders,Subjective Units of Distress Scale,Substance Use,Suicide,Systematic Desensitization,Temperament,Test Anxiety,Thanatophobia (Fear of Death),Thorndike, Edward L. (1874–1949),Three Pathways Theory,Treatment, Evidence-Based,Treatment, Medication,Treatment, Psychological,Treatment, Self-Help,Treatment Outcome, Predictors of,Treatment Seeking,Tripartite Model of Fear,Triskaidekaphobia (Fear of the Number 13),Trypophobia (Fear of Holes),Twin Studies,Two-Factor Theory of Avoidance Learning,Video Feedback,Virtual Reality Treatment,Watson, John B. (1878–1958)Wolpe, Joseph (1915–1997),World Health Organization,List of Editors and Contributors,About the Editors,Index,