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Childhood Phobias

Publication Type : Book Chapter

Thematic Areas : Medical Sciences

Publisher : Childhood Disorders, Department of Psychology-CDMRP, University of Calicut.

Source : Childhood Disorders, Department of Psychology-CDMRP, University of Calicut, Calicut (2016).

Campus : Kochi

School : School of Medicine

Department : Clinical Psychology

Year : 2016

Abstract : Reviews data which have appeared from 1927-1967. The stance of the reviewer is pluralistic, but, since psychoanalytic and behavioristic views have dominated the literature, a large portion of the review is devoted to these orientations. Problems relative to definitions, normative studies, etiological and treatment considerations, and follow-up studies are discussed. A distinction between etiology and treatment is maintained. Alternative viewpoints are discussed, with the implication that they are complimentary, rather than mutually exclusive. School phobias are dicussed independently of phobias in general, since the similiarities between them seem to be more terminological than etiological.

Cite this Research Publication : Gitanjali Natarajan, “Childhood Phobias”, in Childhood Disorders, Calicut: Department of Psychology-CDMRP, University of Calicut, 2016.

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