Skalaphobia - Not to be dismissed

Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 119-124

  Biswas, A B ^a   Finnamore, T ^a   Bhaumik, S ^a   Collacott, R ^a  

^a Leicester Frith Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior therapy; Developmental disabilities; Intellectual disabilities; Mental retardation; Phobia; Propranolol; Skalaphobia; Stairs

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEAR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OBESITY; PHOBIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKALAPHOBIA; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0034798232     PISSN: 10573291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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