Health Smart Virginia
Shark Tank - Mental Illnesses
Young entrepreneurs research and develop a Shark Tank-style pitch for a solution to help people who have a mental illness. After the presentations, research groups complete a rubric for each product and vote for the one product they feel...
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Thorough overview of GAD. Includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and more.
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The Phobia List: Treatment for Phobias
This site talks about different ways to cure someone of his phobia, and how not everyone reacts the same way to the same treatment.
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Trauma Information Pages: Anxiety
This article discusses types of anxiety disorders, phobias, symptoms of anxiety, treatments, and when there is a need to seek help.
Mental Health America
Mental Health America: Phobias
An overview of phobias. This resource lists types of phobias, and discusses treatment options (behavioral therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy).
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Mental Health Net: Anxiety Disorders
MentalHealth.net provides information on various types of anxiety disorders. Symptoms, treatment, online resources, organizations, online support, research.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Figuring Out Phobias
A phobia is "an extremely strong fear of a situation or thing." Phobias don't just last a few minutes, they are fears that stay with you. A kid who has a phobia of dogs will go out of his way to avoid any situation that involves his...
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Healthy Place: What Are Social Phobias?
Easy conversational language discussion of the enigmatic origins of phobias and encouraging news for phobia sufferers.
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Social Phobia & Social Anxiety Association
This resource describes what social phobias are, who has them, and what percent of the population has them. This in-depth site has all kinds of information pertaining to social disorders.
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The Phobia List: Class Categories
This site describes three different categories of phobias, and explains what each phobia consists of. It also talks about what phobias are in general along with the diagnosis for a phobia.
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Systematic Desensitization
This personal site by Dr. Ray Richmond thoroughly describes the systematic desensitization process for dealing with anxiety and phobias.
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Temple: Adult Anxiety Clinic: Social Anxiety
This site talks about what a social phobia is, gives a check list to see if you may have a social phobia, and has treatment for it.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Fears and Phobias
At this site from family Doctor.org find out the differences in fear and phobias. This site also includes links to related articles.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Social Phobia
This site from Family Doctor.org gives information on social phobias, symptoms, and strategies for treatment. This site also provides links to related articles.
Other
Fear of Flying
Examines briefly in easy conversational language the fear of flying. Uses a step by step approach to help people overcome their fear. The links target the specific areas of concern.
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Simple Phobias
This site defines simple phobia and gives information on a few of these types of phobias. Written in conversational language with a link to a panic attack self help kit.
Remedy Health Media
Health Central: Phobias
Health Central library offers information on what a phobia is and on specific phobias and their treatments.
Remedy Health Media
The Body: Anxeity Disorders
This site from The Body provides general information on anxiety disorders. Explanations, quotes, symptoms, treatments, etc. Original resource from 2000 U. S. National Institute of Mental Health.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Phobias
A description of various phobias including symptoms, development of phobias, diagnosis, and treatment.
A&E Television
History.com: What's So Unlucky About the Number 13?
Unexplained fears surrounding the number 13 can be traced to ancient times. Researchers estimate that as many as 10 percent of the U.S. population has a fear of the number 13, and each year the even more specific fear of Friday the 13th,...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: 21st Century Medicine: Virtual Fear
Explore phobias - irrational fears of an object, situation or activity - and how sufferers endeavor to avoid the cause of their extreme anxiety. Perform activities to explore center of gravity, and describe its effect on sufferers of...
Other
The Phobia List: How Phobias Are Named
This site talks about where the name for phobia came from, and how each phobia gets it's name.
Mental Health America
Mental Health America: Panic Disorder
A fact sheet presenting basic information on Panic Disorder including causes, symptoms, treatments, and co-occurring disorders.
New York Times
New York Times: Health Guide: Social Phobia
[Free Registration/Login Required] One-page synopsis of the causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of social phobia.