Screening Fears

Author : Francesco Casetti
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781942130888

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A historical and theoretical investigation of the unexpected ways screen-based media protect and excite viewers’ fears and anxieties of the world In this brilliant contribution to contemporary media studies, acclaimed theorist Francesco Casetti advances a provocative hypothesis: instead of being prostheses that expand or extend our perceptions, modern screen-based media are in fact apparatuses that shelter and protect us from exposure to the world. Rather than bringing us closer to external reality, dominant forms of visual media function as barriers or enclosures that defend against the apparent threats and dangers that seem increasingly to surround us. Working with an original historical overview that begins with the Phantasmagoria of the late eighteenth century, then the shared interior spaces of the movie theater in the early to mid-twentieth century, and finally the solitary digital milieus of the present, Casetti traces the outlines of the protective “bubbles” that disconnect us from our immediate surroundings. To be provided with a shield of immunity to the hazards and uncertainties of the world while experiencing them at a safe remove might seem a positive development. But, he asks, what if these media, instead of providing invulnerability, ensnare individuals in a suffocating enclosure? What if, in their effort to keep reality under control, they exercise a violence equal to that of the dangers they resist? In a dialectical exercise, and through a vivid range of cultural artifacts, Screening Fears traces the emergence of modern protective media and the way they changed our forms of mediation with the world in which we live.

Author : Philip G. Schrag
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Law
ISBN : 0415921570

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A Well-founded Fear by Philip G. Schrag Pdf

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Isaac M. Marks
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781483260761

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Fears and Phobias by Isaac M. Marks Pdf

Fears and Phobias reviews and synthesizes the different viewpoints of learning theory, psychoanalysis, ethology, and clinical psychiatry with regards to fears and phobias. The causes and treatment of phobias are examined, with due regard for relevant biological and psychological issues. Topics covered range from the etiology of fear to clinical syndromes such as agoraphobic syndrome, animal phobias, social phobias, illness phobias, and obsessive phobias. Comprised of four chapters, this book begins with an overview of the historical aspects of phobias and the components of phobias, followed by a discussion on the etiology of fear. Experimental studies on fear that focus on innateness, maturation, and learning are examined, together with genetic aspects of timidity; the kinds of situations that are feared; and the physiology and learning of fear. The next chapter deals with clinical syndromes and the classification of phobic disorders such as the agoraphobic syndrome, specific animal phobias, and social phobias, along with illness phobias, obsessive phobias, autonomic equivalents to phobic disorders, and children's fears and phobias. The final chapter is devoted to prevention and treatment of phobias, including desensitization, and psychiatric management of phobic patients. This monograph will be of interest to psychiatrists and psychologists.

Author : Katherine A. Schneider
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781118119914

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Counseling About Cancer by Katherine A. Schneider Pdf

Important scientific discoveries and ever-changing guidelines for how to identify and manage patients with hereditary cancer syndromes are constantly evolving. This Third Edition of Counseling About Cancer is completely updated and expanded to feature five entirely new chapters on breast cancer, colon cancer, other solid tumors, clients and families, and genetic test results and follow-up. This is the only reference and clinical book on the market for cancer genetics counselors and other healthcare providers who must quickly assimilate complex and ever-changing data on the hereditary risk for cancer.

Author : DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1994-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780788111624

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Screening for Infectious Diseases Among Substance Abusers by DIANE Publishing Company Pdf

Defines guidelines in establishing funding, monitoring, and evaluating treatment programs that screen for infectious diseases in substance abusers.

Author : Andrea G. Barthwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Addicts
ISBN : PURD:32754064116373

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Screening for Infectious Diseases Among Substance Abusers by Andrea G. Barthwell Pdf

Part of the SAMHSA / CSAT Treatment Improvement Protocols.

Author : Roxanne Louiselle Parrott,Celeste Michelle Condit
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1996-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780761900573

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Evaluating Women's Health Messages by Roxanne Louiselle Parrott,Celeste Michelle Condit Pdf

The increased attention currently being paid to women's reproductive health issues has produced a corresponding interest in the role that communication plays in promoting better health care. Groundbreaking and comprehensive, this book is the first systematic examination of the major types and forms of messages about women's reproductive health - medical, social scientific and public - and the degree to which these messages compare with and contradict each other. Within the broad framework of communication, a range of women's health issues are examined in this book from political, historical, technological and feminist perspectives. The issues examined include: abortion; infertility; drug and alcohol use in pregnancy; childbirth; AIDS; menst

Author : Allan V. Horwitz, PhD,Jerome C. Wakefield, DSW, PhD
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780199978861

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All We Have to Fear by Allan V. Horwitz, PhD,Jerome C. Wakefield, DSW, PhD Pdf

Thirty years ago, it was estimated that less than five percent of the population had an anxiety disorder. Today, some estimates are over fifty percent, a tenfold increase. Is this dramatic rise evidence of a real medical epidemic? In All We Have to Fear, Allan Horwitz and Jerome Wakefield argue that psychiatry itself has largely generated this "epidemic" by inflating many natural fears into psychiatric disorders, leading to the over-diagnosis of anxiety disorders and the over-prescription of anxiety-reducing drugs. American psychiatry currently identifies disordered anxiety as irrational anxiety disproportionate to a real threat. Horwitz and Wakefield argue, to the contrary, that it can be a perfectly normal part of our nature to fear things that are not at all dangerous--from heights to negative judgments by others to scenes that remind us of past threats (as in some forms of PTSD). Indeed, this book argues strongly against the tendency to call any distressing condition a "mental disorder." To counter this trend, the authors provide an innovative and nuanced way to distinguish between anxiety conditions that are psychiatric disorders and likely require medical treatment and those that are not--the latter including anxieties that seem irrational but are the natural products of evolution. The authors show that many commonly diagnosed "irrational" fears--such as a fear of snakes, strangers, or social evaluation--have evolved over time in response to situations that posed serious risks to humans in the past, but are no longer dangerous today. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines including psychiatry, evolutionary psychology, sociology, anthropology, and history, the book illuminates the nature of anxiety in America, making a major contribution to our understanding of mental health.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : UCR:31210023565144

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Coping with AIDS by Anonim Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Perinatal Transmission of HIV
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1999-02-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309062861

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Reducing the Odds by National Research Council,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Perinatal Transmission of HIV Pdf

Thousands of HIV-positive women give birth every year. Further, because many pregnant women are not tested for HIV and therefore do not receive treatment, the number of children born with HIV is still unacceptably high. What can we do to eliminate this tragic and costly inheritance? In response to a congressional request, this book evaluates the extent to which state efforts have been effective in reducing the perinatal transmission of HIV. The committee recommends that testing HIV be a routine part of prenatal care, and that health care providers notify women that HIV testing is part of the usual array of prenatal tests and that they have an opportunity to refuse the HIV test. This approach could help both reduce the number of pediatric AIDS cases and improve treatment for mothers with AIDS. Reducing the Odds will be of special interest to federal, state, and local health policymakers, prenatal care providers, maternal and child health specialists, public health practitioners, and advocates for HIV/AIDS patients. January

Author : Parvanta,David E. Nelson,Richard N. Harner
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781284065947

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Public Health Communication by Parvanta,David E. Nelson,Richard N. Harner Pdf

Introduction to public health communication / Claudia Parvanta -- Population health : a primer / Patrick L. Remington -- A public health communication planning framework / Claudia Parvanta -- How to communicate about data / David E. Nelson -- Understanding and reporting the science / David E. Nelson -- Communicating for policy and advocacy / Claudia Parvanta -- Health literacy and clear health communication / Erika M. Hedden -- Behavior change communication : theories, models and practice strategies / Claudia Parvanta -- Formative research / Claudia Parvanta -- Media vehicles, platforms and channels / Claudia Parvanta -- Implementating a communication intervention / Claudia Parvanta -- Evaluating a health communication program / May Grabbe Kennedy and Jonathan DeShazo -- Clinician-client communication / Richard N. Harner -- The role of communication in cancer prevention and care / Wen-ying Sylvia Chou, Danielle Blanch-Hartigan, Chan Le Thai -- Crisis and emergency risk communication : a primer / David W. Cragin and Claudia Parvanta -- Health communication in resource-poor countries / Carmen Cronin and Suruchi Sood

Author : Sally Findley,Sergio Matos
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199364343

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Bridging the Gap by Sally Findley,Sergio Matos Pdf

Immigrants living in US cities face myriad obstacles to accessing quality health care. This inequitable access to care is compounded by the risk of chronic disease accompanying the stress, strain, and lifestyle changes that can come with life in a new country. Bridging the Gap details the role, lessons, and effectiveness of community health workers (CHWs) in bringing health care to underserved immigrant communities. Combining education, advocacy, and local cultural acumen, CHWs have proven successful in the United States and abroad, improving community health and establishing an evidence base for how CHW programs can work for immigrants. Based on a decade of in-depth evaluations from several immigrant health programs in New York City with complementary interviews with dozens of immigrants and CHWs, Bridging the Gap offers insights into how CHWs help immigrants overcome the obstacles to health care. The authors carefully distill first-hand lessons into recommendations for best practices in developing and utilizing effective CHW programs--insights that will be immediately useful to any community group, municipal agency, or health care organization. Bridging the Gap provides a workable antidote to the seemingly intractable problems faced by cities everywhere in the pursuit of maintaining and maximizing immigrant health. It is a hugely valuable entry in burgeoning field that will be central to the next century of urban public health.

Author : Was, Christopher,Sansosti, Frank,Morris, Bradley
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522510062

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Eye-Tracking Technology Applications in Educational Research by Was, Christopher,Sansosti, Frank,Morris, Bradley Pdf

Since its inception, eye-tracking technology has evolved into a critical device in psychological and sociological settings. By tracking eye movement, one can conduct lie detection, learn about neuropsychology, and measure reading response. Recently, these technologies have been implemented in Educational and School Psychology as a way to assess how students interact with content. Eye-Tracking Technology Applications in Educational Research enriches the current pool of educational research with cutting-edge applications of eye tracking in education. Seeking to advance this emergent, interdisciplinary field, this publication collects a diverse group of researchers exploring all aspects of this technology as an essential reference for educators, researchers, administrators, and advanced graduate students.

Author : Robin Bunton,Alan Petersen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005-03-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134258901

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Genetic Governance by Robin Bunton,Alan Petersen Pdf

Ethical and practical issues around genetic research are of major international concern, both in academia and in the public domain. Questions concerning what interventions are possible and appropriate with the increasing amount of genetic information available, challenge our understandings of ourselves, our health and wellbeing, and the role of medical ethics, public health, surveillance and risk. However there has been little reflection on the socio-political effects of this new genetic knowledge and the changes in practice that are currently impacting on our lives. Containing contributions from key international researchers, this book examines the broader issues of genetic debates and looks at how prediction and risk assessment is being changed in the arenas of health, medicine and reproduction, bringing new insight on the dangers of surveillance, regulation and increased inequality. Developed out of the Taylor and Francis journal Critical Public Health, the book considers the implications of developments in genetics for contemporary liberal governance, as well as for the future of healthcare and public health.

Author : Shawna S. Brent
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135197636

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A Guide to Psychiatric Services in Schools by Shawna S. Brent Pdf

In order to provide comprehensive care to students with a wide variety of social and emotional challenges, close collaboration between psychiatrists and school-based mental health professionals is vital. This book provides practical information about psychiatric diagnoses and medications, as well as effective ways to communicate with physicians, to ensure that the needs of all students and their families are met. Brent reviews the process and content of a psychiatric evaluation, the general principles of psychopharmacology, and the various classes of medications. Subsequent chapters then focus on different psychiatric diagnoses and treatment options. Characteristics, evaluation, and treatment methods are discussed for mood, anxiety, psychotic, pervasive developmental, and externalizing behavior disorders with case examples provided throughout for illustration. A brief overview of mental health crises, including suicidal statements, physical aggression, and self-harm behaviors, and how these can best be handled in the educational setting is also provided. School-based mental health professionals will find this book to be a clear, concise, and practical guide to facilitating strong communication and collaboration amongst themselves, educators, and physicians.