Word: acrophobia
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...treatment is being offered by John Muller, Teaching Fellow in Social Relations, in order to gather information for his doctoral dissertation. Associate professor Bruce Baker and David Cohen, Teaching Fellow in Social Relations, started researching the treatment last summer. At that time, they treated 28 people for acrophobia (fear of heights) and reported that 60 to 70 per cent of them were much improved...
...larger study done this January, Cohen advertised for subjects through newspapers, radio and TV. He received around 325 replies from people with acrophobia, public speaking anxiety, and claustrophobia. He then treated 48 of the acrophobiacs with apparent success, although the results have not yet been thoroughly analyzed...
...between the ages of 18 and 55, the Harvard Center for Research in Personality would like to cure you. Under the direction of Bruce L. Baker, assistant professor of Clinical Psychology in Social Relations, the Center will continue last year's free clinic for treating and curing cases of acrophobia (fear of heights), claustrophobia (fear of closed spaces), and fear of speaking in public...
There are many types of phobia. According to Dr. Baker, these particular three were chosen because they have been eliminated by clinical treatment in the past. So far, 70 people have signed up for therapy in public speaking. The respondents for claustrophobia and acrophobia have been fewer, and these programs may be temporarily deferred. Treatment for the phobia consists of twice-weekly sessions which last for two months...
...quick belt of KRC. A few years ago, Chevrolet displayed a car atop a spire-like butte in the Mojave Desert. Ah so, said the Toyota people, and right away they airlifted their sedan to the top of Fujiyama. Now in what promises to become the acrophobia sell, there is a new hair-coloring ad showing a girl atop another outcropping in the Colorado high country declaring to the world that "New Dawn sets you free...