Word: agoraphobia
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...catchy progression of dreamy, post-shoegaze pop, anchored in conventional rock structures and traditions. The waltzing, operatic opener, “Cover Me (Slowly),” only drifts in its guitar-effect cloud for a little over a minute before snapping into the more mechanical “Agoraphobia.” The latter’s lyrics are telling of an acquiescence, an acceptance of the confines of the band’s fate as a creative prime-mover: “I had a dream, no longer to be free / I only want to see four walls...
...phone-based sessions. Organizations such as the Veterans Administration have employed e-mail and online video conferences to connect doctors with patients in isolated areas, primarily to answer questions or refill prescriptions. But live video is also being used to counsel patients with post-traumatic stress disorder, agoraphobia and eating disorders; so far, the few scientific studies on this new service show that patients and doctors are satisfied with the quality of care, and that the patients do no worse than those attending in-person sessions...
...same is true for other eccentricities of human behavior. Our anxiety about all the ways harm may befall someone else keeps us mindful of the safety of family and community. "There's a creative, what-if quality to this thinking," says clinical psychologist Jonathan Grayson of the Anxiety and Agoraphobia Treatment Center in Bala Cynwyd, Pa. "It's evolutionarily valuable...
...characterized by sweaty palms, palpitations and often a “feeling of impending doom,” Barreira said. Panic attacks often consist of three phases starting with the initial attack, which is followed by stages of withdrawal and avoidance. An extreme result of panic attacks is agoraphobia, in which sufferers “avoid everything,” in order to prevent experiencing the same stimulus of a past panic attack. Emily R. Kaplan ’08-’09, public relations officer for the Mental Health Awareness and Advocacy Group, said that last night?...
First-time novelist Stef Penney won Britain's Costa Book of the Year award this month for The Tenderness of Wolves, a vivid portrait of life in snowswept Canada. The book's realism is particularly impressive since Penney has never visited the country. Suffering from agoraphobia, she could only make it as far as London's British Library to do her research. But fictional fudging is an illustrious tradition (Shakespeare almost certainly never left England, either) - and other acclaimed modern authors have gotten by with less meticulous research...