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suffering from irrational fears

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Psychiatrist says students with severe phobic anxiety visit his clinic
In addition, the mirtazapine group had a "markedly better" average Symptom Checklist (SCL)-90 score, compared with the control group, and individual measures of depression, somatization, hostility, and phobic anxiety also were significantly lower than for controls (P less than .05).
The syndrome of phobic postural vertigo (PPV) is characterized by subjective dizziness and disturbance of balance.
This is important, because behavior experts suggest that getting the seriously phobic dog on medication sooner is better.
The psychoanalytic tradition of understanding phobic horror as ambivalence, a mixed or conflicted affective disposition, is central to understanding its function as the affect characteristic of phobia.
Few, if any, medical laboratory personnel working for any length of measurable time can claim they have not encountered needle phobic patients.
Ms Harman hit out at critics who have voiced concerns the changes could be exploited by militant groups like the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), accusing them of being "phobic" about the influence of the unions on the party.
This is a fascinating watch, unless you're phobic about tiny creatures, like grasshopper-mice or lizards.
"Kids hide truancy, but a school phobic is unable to conceal it," he explains.
Despite some people underestimating the severity of people's sudden reactions when stricken by fear, phobic disorders are considered a form of psychiatric illnesses.
Washington, July 12( ANI ): A common form of anxiety, known as phobic anxiety, was found to be associated with shorter telomeres in middle-aged and older women, suggesting a possible risk factor for accelerated aging.
Phobic as it is, the US has been agonising over China's rise instead of spending its energies more productively