Phobic Disorders - Diagnosis
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Prevalence of psychopathology in childhood epilepsy: categorical and dimensional measures.

17 Nov 2009 Few studies have utilized both categorical and dimensional measures of psychopathology in children with epilepsy. We evaluated 173 children (88 males, 85 females; mean age 11.7y [SD 1.8]; range 9-14y) who had epilepsy (generalized 36%, partial 61%) ... Read more...

Detecting depressive and anxiety disorders in distressed patients in primary care; comparative diagnostic accuracy of the Four-Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire (4DSQ) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).

21 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Depressive and anxiety disorders often go unrecognized in distressed primary care patients, despite the overtly psychosocial nature of their demand for help. This is especially problematic in more severe disorders needing specific ... Read more...

Panic disorder and social anxiety disorder subtypes in a caffeine challenge test.

18 Aug 2009 Studies have demonstrated the vulnerability of anxiety disorder patients to challenge tests. Our aim was to observe if panic disorder (PD) patients and generalized social anxiety disorder (GSAD) and performance social anxiety disorder (PSAD) ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Phobic Disorders - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Prevalence of psychopathology in childhood epilepsy: categorical and dimensional measures. 17 Nov 2009
• Detecting depressive and anxiety disorders in distressed patients in primary care; comparative diagnostic accuracy of the Four-Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire (4DSQ) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). 21 Aug 2009
• Panic disorder and social anxiety disorder subtypes in a caffeine challenge test. 18 Aug 2009
• Disentangling emotion processes in borderline personality disorder: physiological and self-reported assessment of biological vulnerability, baseline intensity, and reactivity to emotionally evocative stimuli. 30 Jul 2009
• [Medically unexplained vertigo] 30 Jul 2009
• A brief Web-based screening questionnaire for common mental disorders: development and validation. 22 Jul 2009
• The Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (BFNE): translation and validation study of the Iranian version. 7 Jul 2009
• Do parental psychopathology and unfavorable family environment predict the persistence of social phobia? 3 Jul 2009
• The impact of nasal reconstruction following tumour resection on psychosocial functioning, a clinical-empirical exploration. 29 Jun 2009
• Asthma and social anxiety in adolescents. 22 Jun 2009
• The correlates and consequences of early appearing social anxiety in young children. 19 Jun 2009
• Rates and predictors of remission in young women with specific phobia: a prospective community study. 16 Jun 2009
• Shyness and face scanning in children. 8 Jun 2009
• A multi-ethnic examination of socioevaluative fears. 7 Jun 2009
• Retrospective reports of behavioral inhibition and young adults' current symptoms of social anxiety, depression, and anxious arousal. 4 Jun 2009
• A self-report measure of subtle avoidance and safety behaviors relevant to social anxiety: development and psychometric properties. 4 Jun 2009
• Social fears during adolescence: is there an increase in distress and avoidance? 4 Jun 2009
• Perceptions of paranoid thoughts in a nonclinical group of college students. 30 May 2009
• Adult strabismus and social phobia: a case-controlled study. 30 May 2009
• One-session treatment of specific phobias in youth: a randomized clinical trial in the United States and Sweden. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Phobic Disorders'

Definition: Anxiety disorders in which the essential feature is persistent and irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that the individual feels compelled to avoid. The individual recognizes the fear as excessive or unreasonable.

Descriptor UI: D010698

Alternative terms: Phobic Disorders; Disorder, Phobic; Disorders, Phobic; Phobic Disorder; Phobic Neuroses; Neuroses, Phobic; Phobias; Phobia; Phobia, School; Phobias, School; School Phobia; School Phobias; Phobia, Social; Phobias, Social; Social Phobia; Social Phobias; Claustrophobia; Claustrophobias;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.080.725;

Online Note: use PHOBIC DISORDERS to search PHOBIAS 1966-80, PHOBIC NEUROSES 1969-80, & CLAUSTROPHOBIA 1968-78

History Note: 81; was PHOBIAS 1963-80; PHOBIC NEUROSES was see under PHOBIAS 1969-80; CLAUSTROPHOBIA was see under PHOBIAS 1968-78