An acute anxiety state in an adolescent precipitated by viewing a horror movie

31 December 1983

journal article
case report
Published by Wiley in Journal of Adolescence

Vol. 6 (2) , 197-200
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-1971(83)80027-x

Abstract

There have been reports of psychological distress in adults after viewing horror films. I report on the presentation and treatment of a 12-year-old boy after having viewed a horror film.

Keywords

TREATMENT
ADULTS
ADOLESCENT
ANXIETY STATE
ACUTE ANXIETY
VIEWING HORROR
OLD
DISTRESS
BOY
MOVIE

This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:

Adolescents’ Fright Reactions to Television and Films
Journal of Communication, 1982
General Occurrence of Stressful Reactions to Commercial Motion Pictures and Elements in Films Subjectively Identified as Stressors
Psychological Reports, 1980
CINEMATIC NEUROSIS FOLLOWING “THE EXORCIST” Report of Four Cases
Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 1975