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Suggest Treatment For Anxiety
ok i am trying to.....my sister age 55 told me today that she was afraid of everything;...and of course the constant violence in the country .....she is afraid of getting shot, sort of afraid her husband will have a heart attack, and he is healthy..........she also said she was afraid of traffic........i am a retired psychiatric social worker.......certainly a bit of this is quite rational....but i am a little bit worried.....what are your thoughts? thanks....Rosalind Thompson
Mon, 22 Aug 2016
Hi welcome to HCM....
Here your daughter having phobic disorder ....
Particularly she is thinking about death and having fear of death ....that is in medical terminology called as thanatophobia .....
Detailed history should be taken to rule out depression like condition before labelling as phobia ...
According to cause than specific medication prescribed . ...
Behavioural therapy also useful....
Take care
For detail evaluation consult psychiatrist doctor and than accordingly management done ...
Here your daughter having phobic disorder ....
Particularly she is thinking about death and having fear of death ....that is in medical terminology called as thanatophobia .....
Detailed history should be taken to rule out depression like condition before labelling as phobia ...
According to cause than specific medication prescribed . ...
Behavioural therapy also useful....
Take care
For detail evaluation consult psychiatrist doctor and than accordingly management done ...
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