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Saturday, November 21, 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...

Predictors of clinical improvement in a randomized effectiveness trial for primary care patients with panic disorder.

29 Sep 2009 This study's aim was to prospectively examine and identify a model of demographic, clinical, and attitudinal variables that impact improvement among patients with panic disorder. Subjects were 232 primary care patients meeting criteria for DSM-IV ... Read more...

Predictive values of psychiatric symptoms for internet addiction in adolescents: a 2-year prospective study.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the predictive values of psychiatric symptoms for the occurrence of Internet addiction and to determine the sex differences in the predictive value of psychiatric symptoms for the occurrence of Internet addiction in ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Phobic Disorders'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Prevalence of psychopathology in childhood epilepsy: categorical and dimensional measures. 17 Nov 2009
• Predictors of clinical improvement in a randomized effectiveness trial for primary care patients with panic disorder. 29 Sep 2009
• Predictive values of psychiatric symptoms for internet addiction in adolescents: a 2-year prospective study. 29 Sep 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
• Internet treatment for social phobia reduces comorbidity. 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
• Co-morbidities of vertiginous diseases. 5 Jul 2009
• Do parental psychopathology and unfavorable family environment predict the persistence of social phobia? 3 Jul 2009
• Effective oral presentations: speaking before groups as part of your job. 29 Jun 2009
• The impact of nasal reconstruction following tumour resection on psychosocial functioning, a clinical-empirical exploration. 29 Jun 2009
• Exubera inhaled insulin in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes: the first 12 months. 29 Jun 2009
• Anxious solitude and peer exclusion predict social helplessness, upset affect, and vagal regulation in response to behavioral rejection by a friend. 29 Jun 2009
• Little Hans: masculinity foretold. 29 Jun 2009
• Defense style changes with the addition of psychodynamic group therapy to clonazepam in social anxiety disorder. 29 Jun 2009
• Does the form or the amount of exposure make a difference in the cognitive-behavioral therapy treatment of social phobia? 29 Jun 2009
• Asthma and social anxiety in adolescents. 22 Jun 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