Browsing by Subject "Fear"
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Authoritarianism and fear as components of dysfunction in contemporary Catholicism
(2016)Authority is legitimate, constructive, and moral. “For there is no authority except from God” (Rom: 13.10). Authoritarianism, however, is illegitimate, destructive, and immoral, with fear being an insidious inherent ... -
Moments of Transition: Diane Victor’s Disasters of Peace Etches and Eben Venter and S. J. Naudé’s Narrative Texts
(Maney publishing, 2014)Barely twenty years into the new democracy, post-Apartheid South Africa can still be described as a country of extremes that is subject to continuous transition, and as a society characterized by the tensions inherent in ... -
Die rol van vrees by die swaarmoedige adolessent: 'n pastorale studie
(North-West University, 2012)The focal point in this study is the pastoral counselling and care of the heavy-hearted or depressed teenager who struggles with fear. The basic-theoretical perspective (chapter 2) emphasises the importance of counselling ... -
Selective breeding for high anxiety introduces a synonymous SNP that increases neuropeptide S receptor activity
(Society for Neuroscience, 2015)Neuropeptide S (NPS) has generated substantial interest due to its anxiolytic and fear-attenuating effects in rodents, while a corresponding receptor polymorphism associated with increased NPS receptor (NPSR1) surface ... -
Stigmatisation of a patient co-infected with TB and HIV
(North-West University, 2005)The last few years have seen an increase in the infection rate not only of HIV but also TB. The HIV/AIDS pandemic is increasing rapidly mainly in developing countries with 71 % of infections in the Sub-Saharan region of ... -
Translational medicine strategies in PTSD drug development
(Elsevier, 2019)Once considered a normal response to an abnormal traumatic event, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been reconceptualized in terms of unusual persistence of fear-conditioned responses. Selective serotonin reuptake ...