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Scopophobia has been related to many other irrational fears and phobias. Specific phobias and syndromes that are similar to scopophobia include erythrophobia and the fear of blushing (which is found especially in young people). Scopophobia is also commonly associated with schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. It is not considered ...
The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...
The World Council of Anxiety does not recommend benzodiazepines for the long-term treatment of anxiety due to a range of problems associated with long-term use including tolerance, psychomotor impairment, cognitive and memory impairments, physical dependence and a benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome upon discontinuation of benzodiazepines. [97]
Risk factors for mental illness include psychological trauma, adverse childhood experiences, genetic predisposition, and personality traits. [7] [8] Correlations between mental disorders and substance use are also found to have a two way relationship, in that substance use can lead to the development of mental disorders and having mental disorders can lead to substance use/abuse.
As explained by psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, Sigmund Freud used the term scopophilia to describe, analyze, and explain the concept of Schaulust, the pleasure in looking, [2] a curiosity which he considered a partial-instinct innate to the childhood process of forming a personality; [3] and that such a pleasure-instinct might be sublimated, either into Aesthetics, looking at objets d'art or ...
A couple has been arrested after authorities say they performed a botched circumcision on their son at their central Missouri home last week.. Prosecutors charged Tyler Wade Gibson, 35, with one ...
Lawrence, who was listed as questionable, has missed the past two Jaguars games due to a sprained left shoulder suffered on Nov. 3 against the Philadelphia Eagles. But after returning to practice ...
For example, depression due to physical disease [11] can cause feelings of hopelessness that are mitigated after successful treatment of the underlying condition, and addiction can increase dependence on others. Certain psychological disorders such as panic attacks, depressive disorders, and generalized anxiety disorder have been related to ...