Phobias : fighting the fear / Helen Saul.

Introduction
Fight the fear
The hidden epidemic
A few famous phobics
And some fictional ones
From antophobia to zoophobia
Up in the clouds
1. History
In the beginning
Cartesian logic
Locke and empiricism
Darwin and the dawn of modern science
Freud on fear
Little Albert
Computers, cognitivism, and progress
2. Evolution
Living without fear
Age-old anxieties
The evolution of fear
Animal instincts
3. Genetics
Icy fear
Three generations
A family story
Bundles and blankets
Double trouble
Computer synthesis
The hare and the tortoise
4. Neurophysiology
Personal magnetism
Hearts and minds (and lungs)
A breath of fresh air
Ready for anything
Adrenaline
Sleep no more
Caffeine high
States and traits
5. Behavior
Triumph over phobia
Self-help
Do it yourself
Fight fear with fear
A bitter pill
Behavior therapy : the easy way
Courage under fire
Why does it work
6. Cognition
Testing
Spiraling out of control
Squaring the circle
Disgust
Risk assessment
Know yourself
7. Personality and temperament
Three-dimensional personalities
The inner child
Family likeness
Inhibition, fear, and phobias
Triple jeopardy
Challenging fate
8. Gender and hormones
A pregnant pause
The numbers game
Teamwork
Migraine and marriage
Girl power
9. Light and electromagnetism
Mary's story
Magnets and migration
Strip lights and seizures
Alternative applications
Any answers
10. A physical problem
The inner ear
Palpitations
Dyslexia and a lack of balance
Conclusion
Into the future
The next hundred years
Breaking down barriers.