TY - BOOK AU - Saul,Helen TI - Phobias: fighting the fear T2 - Bolinda Digital July 2022 SN - 9780007394319 U1 - 616.85225 PY - 2014/// CY - [New York, NY] PB - HarperCollins KW - Phobias KW - Treatment KW - fast KW - Neuroses KW - Anxiety sensitivity KW - Electronic books KW - NATCOLBB N1 - Downloadable eBook; Non fiction; Adult N2 - Two in five people struggle through life under the burden of a phobia of some kind. Yet little has been done to help these sufferers understand their affliction and hence minimise it. Recent researches in evolutionary theory, physiology, neuroscience and genetics have begun to analyse the causes and effects of human phobia and have come up with thought-provoking, but widely differing, interpretations and prescriptions. Why are phobias easier to cope with at night or when wearing sunglasses? How do phobias differ throughout the world and history? Are phobias biological or psychological? Is the fear of spiders, snakes and darkness an evolutionary throwback? Does aversion therapy work? Is phobia hereditary? The first book to balance all these issues, ?Phobias: Fighting the Fear? is a powerful, uniquely accessible work of popular science UR - https://fe.bolindadigital.com/wldcs_bol_fo/b2i/productDetail.html?productId=HCP_048294&b2iSite=6397&preview=no ER -