fear

With his mother's help, Mylo discovers a way to conquer his fear of the dark.

Busy trying to deal with his many fears and his troubled feelings for his dead mother, ten-year-old Blaze has his life changed when he meets the boisterous and irresistible Joselle.

Picked on at school by bullies, thirteen-year-old Michael confronts his fears during a trip to Colorado to see his father, who works as a whitewater rafting guide and whom Michael has not seen in eight years.

Best friends Mimi and Mandy set up a haunted house as part of a game and end up scaring themselves.

Two small bunnies face their fears while trick-or-treating on Halloween night.

Provides information on anxiety and panic attacks, including the different types of panic disorders, their possible causes, medication and professional treatment, and holistic approaches to treatment and prevention.

Examines the various ways fear shapes the lives of ordinary people through memorable news headlines and programs about crime, disease, plane crashes, and terrorist attacks, arguing that such events, while rare, are misrepresented with misleading data and statistics, as well as the reactions of others.

The CEO of a security firm provides advice for detecting a person's violent behavior, analyzing threats, seeking protection when involved in a business or personal relationship with a dangerous person, and coping with a child who may have violent tendencies.

Mary Beth Latham puts everything else aside in order to focus on her one son who suffers from severe depression, but she is not prepared for the violence that follows.

Presents explanations of fears, phobias, and anxieties, with information on how to recognize them and a three-step process for relief; and features over five hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on specific phobias and anxieties, and a list of resources and recommended reading.