Phobia

A phobia, is an irrational, intense, persistent fear of certain situations, activities, things, or people. The main symptom of this disorder is the excessive, unreasonable desire to avoid the feared subject. When the fear is beyond one's control, and if the fear is...
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The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, disabling fear as a mental disorder, in chemistry to describe chemical aversions, in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain...
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InteliHealth - Featuring Harvard Medical School's consumer health information. ... A phobia is a persistent, excessive, unrealistic fear of an object, person, ...
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A phobia is an irrational and excessive fear of an object or situation. ... In most cases, the phobia involves a sense of endangerment or a fear of harm. ...
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Phobias are the most common mental disorder in the U.S. This phobia list gives the name and fear object of a number of phobias.
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... disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, phobia and stress. ... A phobia is something a person fears to the point that they feel they have to ...
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... phobia here. ... Social phobia (also sometimes called social anxiety) is a type ... People with social phobia can usually interact easily with family and a ...
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A phobia is strong fear of something. Find out more in ... a phobia isn't just ... A kid who has a phobia will be afraid of something every time he or she ...
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Learn how to overcome phobias and fears. Includes the signs and symptoms of phobias, effective treatment options, and self-help tips.
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... the causes of unreasonable and debilitating fears of a particular thing, called specific phobias. ... The distress associated with the phobia and/or the need to ...
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Watch this slideshow on phobias such as social, agoraphobia claustrophobia, ... Women tend to be twice as likely to suffer from a phobia compared to men. ...
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Get the facts on phobia causes, symptoms and treatments. ... A phobia is defined as the unrelenting fear of a situation, activity, or thing ...
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Phobia, a disabling type of anxiety disorder, is the most common psychi ... No everyday fright, phobia involves extremely overwhelming, irrational, ...
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Diagnosis and treatment of social anxiety ... People with social phobia have a persistent, intense, and chronic fear of being ...
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List and definitions of some of the more common phobias in children and adults including social phobia ... or being in a company, a form of social phobia. ...
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