Fear

"Fear" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The affective response to an actual current external danger which subsides with the elimination of the threatening condition.

Descriptor ID	D005239
MeSH Number(s)	F01.470.361
Concept/Terms	Fear Fear Fears

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Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Emotions [F01.470]
Fear [F01.470.361]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Fear" by people in this website by year, and whether "Fear" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 37 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2018 and 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	1	0	1
2005	1	0	1
2007	2	1	3
2008	2	1	3
2009	0	2	2
2011	1	1	2
2014	0	2	2
2015	0	1	1
2016	2	0	2
2018	5	0	5
2019	1	1	2
2020	2	1	3
2021	1	4	5
2022	1	3	4
2024	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Fear" by people in Profiles.

Schneider JS, Williams C, Zafar S, Joo J, Himes BE. Influences of quality of maternal care and environmental enrichment on associative memory function in rats with early life lead exposure. Brain Behav. 2024 Sep; 14(9):e70040.

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Perndorfer C, Soriano EC, Siegel SD, Spencer RMC, Otto AK, Laurenceau JP. Fear of Cancer Recurrence and Sleep in Couples Coping With Early-Stage Breast Cancer. Ann Behav Med. 2022 11 05; 56(11):1131-1143.

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McKay MA, Mensinger JL, Whitehouse CR. The Relationship of Fear of Falling and Quality of Life: The Mediating Effects of Frailty and Depression. J Community Health Nurs. 2022 Oct-Dec; 39(4):251-261.

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McKay MA, Mensinger JL, O'Connor M, Utz M, Costello A, Leveille S. Self-reported symptom causes of mobility difficulty contributing to fear of falling in older adults. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2022 Dec; 34(12):3089-3095.

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Otto AK, Soriano EC, LoSavio ST, Siegel SD, Perndorfer C, Fenech AL, Laurenceau JP. The longitudinal course of emotional and cognitive factors of fear of cancer recurrence in breast cancer patients and their partners. Psychooncology. 2022 07; 31(7):1221-1229.

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Greenwood SA, Koufaki P, Macdonald JH, Bulley C, Bhandari S, Burton JO, Dasgupta I, Farrington K, Ford I, Kalra PA, Kumwenda M, Macdougall IC, Messow CM, Mitra S, Reid C, Smith AC, Taal MW, Thomson PC, Wheeler DC, White C, Yaqoob M, Mercer TH. Exercise programme to improve quality of life for patients with end-stage kidney disease receiving haemodialysis: the PEDAL RCT. Health Technol Assess. 2021 06; 25(40):1-52.

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Soriano EC, Otto AK, LoSavio ST, Perndorfer C, Siegel SD, Laurenceau JP. Fear of Cancer Recurrence and Inhibited Disclosure: Testing the Social-Cognitive Processing Model in Couples Coping With Breast Cancer. Ann Behav Med. 2021 03 20; 55(3):192-202.

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Perez Garcia G, De Gasperi R, Gama Sosa MA, Perez GM, Otero-Pagan A, Pryor D, Abutarboush R, Kawoos U, Hof PR, Dickstein DL, Cook DG, Gandy S, Ahlers ST, Elder GA. Laterality and region-specific tau phosphorylation correlate with PTSD-related behavioral traits in rats exposed to repetitive low-level blast. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2021 03 01; 9(1):33.

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Perez Garcia G, Perez GM, De Gasperi R, Gama Sosa MA, Otero-Pagan A, Pryor D, Abutarboush R, Kawoos U, Hof PR, Cook DG, Gandy S, Ahlers ST, Elder GA. Progressive Cognitive and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder-Related Behavioral Traits in Rats Exposed to Repetitive Low-Level Blast. J Neurotrauma. 2021 07 15; 38(14):2030-2045.

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McKay MA, Copel L. Factors associated with health-related quality of life in PACE participants. Geriatr Nurs. 2021 Jan-Feb; 42(1):145-150.

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