Phobia-Phobic Disorders
A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder defined by a persistent and excessive fear of an object or situation. Phobias typically result in a rapid onset of fear and are present for more than six months.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: PW166
Diagnosis: Phobia-Phobic Disorders
US Patients: 8.7%-18.1% suffer-may not be patients;
World Patients: Specific-6-8% in Western world; 2-4% Asia, Africa & Latin America; Social-7% US; 0.5-2.5% elsewhere; agoraphobia-1.7%
Sex Ratio: M;W2, Phobias are the most common mental illness-challenge among women.
Age Onset: Ages 10-17; During or after the event lasting 6-months to permanently; 75% of those with phobias have multiple phobias.
Brain Area: Insula involved with the autonomic functions; anterior cingulate cortex, ventromedial prefrontal & medial prefrontal cortexes
Symptoms: an anxiety disorder with persistent and excessive fear of an object or situation. Phobias can be specific, social or agoraphobia-places
Progression: Range from mild concern to panic attacks-lose control over themselves physically.
Causes: Fear conditioning; traumatizing event; observing others who fear; the basolateral amygdala keeps a memory with the hippocampus
Medications: Social phobias-antidepressants, benzodiazepines or beta blockers//EMDR-Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing
Therapies: Specific phobias (such as, spiders, snakes, heights)use-exposure therapy; social phobias-systematic desensitization, relaxation
Youtube Video: Phobias? Why Do We Have Them?
Amazon or Library Book: The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
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Support Group: Facebook-phobiassupportgroup; 609-713-2963 (Phobia Anxiety Support Group)
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- Correlation among anxiety and depression, fear of disease progression, and social support in coronary heart diseaseby Yan Xu on November 20, 2024
CONCLUSION: The anxiety and depression levels were positively related to each dimension of phobia disease progression and negatively related to each dimension of social support among patients with CHD.
- Hindi Translation, Cultural Adaptation, and Validation of Modified Weight Bias Internalization Scale (WBIS-M): A Cross-Sectional Study from the Metabolic Surgery Clinic in North Indiaby Kumari Rina on November 20, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: The H-WBIS-M demonstrated good psychometric properties based on standard testing procedures.
- Exploring Nomophobia: A Cross-Sectional Study on the Prevalence Among College Students in the Chengalpattu District, Indiaby Rajan Edward Daniel Thomas on November 19, 2024
Introduction Nomophobia, also known as "NO MObile PHone Phobia," is a psychological ailment in which people are afraid of losing access to their mobile phones. This study aims to fill this gap by conducting a cross-sectional investigation into the prevalence of nomophobia among college students in the Chengalpattu district. Methodology A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out in the selected colleges located in the Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu. Undergraduate college students...
- Understanding Mechanisms that Maintain Social Anxiety Disorder in Autistic Individuals Through the Clark and Wells (1995) Model and Beyond: A Systematic Reviewby Jiedi Lei on November 19, 2024
Given the high co-occurrence of social anxiety in autism, no reviews to date have explored how cognitive and behavioural mechanisms identified to maintain social anxiety in non-autistic individuals may operate in autistic individuals. This systematic review evaluated: (1) empirical evidence underlying the Clark and Wells (1995) Cognitive Model of Social Anxiety in autistic individuals; (2) how vulnerability factors identified from autism literature (beyond core autistic traits) may be associated...