In that case, these individuals may be diagnosed with a specific phobia. Specific phobia refers to an extreme fear or anxiety about a certain object or situation. Colloquially, people sometimes ...

The following is a summary of “German version of the specific phobia of vomiting inventory (SPOVI): psychometric properties ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Dena Rabinowitz: The most common type of anxiety disorder for Americans are specific phobias. But many people don't get treatment for a specific phobia ...

ASPECT was a randomised two-arm, multicentre, non-inferiority trial – looking at whether One Session Treatment (OST) is as good as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for treating simple phobias in ...

We all experience stress, worry, and nervousness from time to time — but when these feelings become overwhelming and constant ...

Megalophobia is a specific phobia where a person has an intense fear of large objects, such as huge buildings, animals, or statues. This fear can cause anxiety when encountering or thinking about ...

Dr. Erica Lee from Boston Children’s Hospital shares advice on helping kids overcome their fear of thunder and lightning, offering tips for comfort and reassurance.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition, text revision (DSM-5-TR) classifies this fear as a specific phobia. People sometimes also refer to the fear of flying as ...

And to the extreme, it can show up as a phobia, in which the level of fear we experience in response to a specific situation or object becomes overwhelming and even debilitating. Simply put ...