Phobias

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Agoraphobia
Animal or Insect phobia
Blood-injury Phobia

Phobias

Definition

• Fear out of proportion to demands of situation
• Cannot be reasoned away
• Beyond voluntary control
• leads to avoidance

Types

• External stimuli
  • social phobia
  • specific phobias
  • agoraphobia
• Internal stimuli
  • nosophobia (illness)

Phobias

• Agoraphobia
• Social Phobia

Specific phobias

• 6 month prevalence ~7%
• Animal / Insect Phobia
• Blood / Injury Phobia

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