I was looking through Beck, et al. (19) for more information on Rod Hetzel's
question about the relation of test anxiety to anxiety disorders. It seems
that these authors distinguish test anxiety from the phobias proper.
"Hetzel, Roderick" wrote:
> What DSM-IV diagnosis would you give for test anxiety that has been
> impairing academic performance? Specific Phobia? Anxiety Disorder NOS?
> V-Code?
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Guinee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 10:52 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Girl Dies After Controversial Therapy
>
> Hi,
>
> Not sure my purpose in posting this -- this is clearly far far outside of
> the
> norm of what psychotherapists do, but the fact that there are people out
> there who seem to have little regard for science and common sense just
> drives me crazy.
>
> ------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
>
> Girl Dies in Colorado After Controversial Therapy
>
> DENVER (Reuters) - Police on Thursday arrested three people for
> conducting a controversial ``rebirthing'' therapy on a 10-year-old
> girl who died after being wrapped in a blanket despite telling them
> she could not breathe and was going to die.
>
> The procedure, aimed at helping children who cannot form bonds with
> their parents by making them ``relive'' birth, was captured on closed
> circuit television on April 18 while the girl's horrified mother
> watched in a nearby room, according to the Jefferson County sheriff's
> office.
>
> The girl, Candace Newmaker of North Carolina, told the therapists
> seven times that she could not breathe and said six times that she
> was going to die.
>
> But instead of unwrapping her, the therapists said ``you got to push
> hard if you want to be born -- or do you want to stay in there and
> die?''
>
> The girl, who was adopted four years ago and had been treated for
> Attention Deficit Disorder and depression, lost consciousness during
> the procedure and was rushed to a local hospital where she died the
> next day.
>
> Blanket Is Supposed To Represent The Womb
>
> In the procedure the child was completely wrapped in a blue, flannel
> blanket that simulated the womb. Large pillows were placed around
> her. Counselors then pressed in on the pillows to simulate
> contractions and to motivate the girl to push her way out of the
> blanket through a twisted end of the blanket at the top of the girl's
> head.
>
> Brita St. Clair, Jack McDaniel and Julie Ponder, employees at Connell
> Watkins and Associates, a counseling office in Evergreen, Colo. were
> arrested for ``child abuse resulting in death,'' the sheriff's office
> said.
>
> An arrest warrant was issued for a fourth person, Connell Watkins,
> who ran the counseling office that specialized in attachment therapy
> for children. Attorneys for Ponder and Watkins were not available to
> comment.
>
> According to an investigator who viewed the tape there was a
> 20-minute lapse between the time the girl's last breath could be
> heard to the time she was unwrapped.
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