An Excess of Phobias and ManiasSenior Scribe Publications, 2003 - 202 pages |
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... obsessive hand- washing . • Such phobias usually occur along with other obsessive - compulsive disorders . Examples of Phobic References from History Hippocrates ( 460-377 B.C. ) may have been the first to describe morbid fears when he ...
... obsessive hand- washing . • Such phobias usually occur along with other obsessive - compulsive disorders . Examples of Phobic References from History Hippocrates ( 460-377 B.C. ) may have been the first to describe morbid fears when he ...
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... obsessive preoccupation with some- thing ; a madness , frenzy ; obsession , compulsion , fascination , or an abnormal desire for or with something or someone . • Excessive enthusiasm or fondness for something that could be relat- ed to ...
... obsessive preoccupation with some- thing ; a madness , frenzy ; obsession , compulsion , fascination , or an abnormal desire for or with something or someone . • Excessive enthusiasm or fondness for something that could be relat- ed to ...
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... obsessed by sickness , insanity , and death much of which he apparently expressed in this painting . Munch Describes the Fundamental Elements of The Scream dvard Munch. ( more on the next page ) aboulomania , abulomania : A mental ...
... obsessed by sickness , insanity , and death much of which he apparently expressed in this painting . Munch Describes the Fundamental Elements of The Scream dvard Munch. ( more on the next page ) aboulomania , abulomania : A mental ...
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... obsessive - compulsive disorder . Compulsive rituals are enormously time - consuming . One woman had a compulsion to wash her hands in a certain way after touching " unclean " objects - namely , from fingers to wrist , from wrist to ...
... obsessive - compulsive disorder . Compulsive rituals are enormously time - consuming . One woman had a compulsion to wash her hands in a certain way after touching " unclean " objects - namely , from fingers to wrist , from wrist to ...
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... obsession known as callomania ? People are the only animals who eat themselves to death . -The American Medical Association Outside of every fat man there is his even fatter clone trying to take over . -Anonymous adipophobia : An ...
... obsession known as callomania ? People are the only animals who eat themselves to death . -The American Medical Association Outside of every fat man there is his even fatter clone trying to take over . -Anonymous adipophobia : An ...
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An Excess of Phobias and Manias: A Compilation of Anxieties, Obsessions, and ... John G. Robertson No preview available - 2003 |
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