school phobia

collocation in English

meaningsofschoolandphobia

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school
noun
uk
/skuːl/us
/skuːl/
a place where children go to ...
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phobia
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈfəʊ.bi.ə/us
/ˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
a type of anxiety disorder (= a mental illness that makes someone very worried and affects their life) that involves an extreme fear ...
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(Definition ofschoolandphobiafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These children may become susceptible to social anxieties related to avoidant disorder andschoolphobia.
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Cognitive - behavioral treatment ofschoolphobia.
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Occasionally they will also be used to provide home tuition for a child who may suffer fromschoolphobia.
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If a child is diagnosed as having aschoolphobiaa child psychiatrist or psychologist would be consulted.
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The child's potential may be unfulfilled, or it may have special needs, or suffer fromschoolphobia—a real condition which causes sheer panic.
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Schoolphobiamay also be a form of social phobia, also known as social anxiety.
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A common anxiety disorder in children isschoolphobia, which in some cases can be a type of separation anxiety.
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Schoolphobiais diagnosed primarily through questionnaires and interviews with doctors.
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Stresses in school, class assignments, homework, getting in trouble, and bullying are also causes ofschoolphobia.
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Some of the side effects associated with these medications are insomnia, weight gain, andschoolphobia.
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All students are accepted, including those with neurological disorders,schoolphobia, attention deficit disorder, mild autism, or various learning disabilities.
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Parental stress resulted in the commonality of new childhood illnesses; these include bronchial asthma, stammering, poor appetite, proneness to bone fractures, andschoolphobia.
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