A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder that causes an excessive, marked, irrational fear of a specific object or situation. Someone with a phobia could be afraid of certain people, animals, objects, ...

NYC is less fearful of pests like roaches, rats and spiders than any other city in the US, a new study has found.

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 a ...

Entomophobia is rarer among adults, though, with about 10% of the adult population having any type of specific phobia. An irrational fear of insects is formally known as entomophobia, although it ...

Fear is a natural part of the human experience. It keeps us alert, cautious, and alive. But while many people are familiar ...

Prevalence rates clearly depend on the specific disorder, age, gender, and sample characteristics, but in general, most pediatric anxiety disorder experts believe that about 10% of all children ...

Methods: In all 317 British Adult participants completed a questionnaire with vignettes describing eight anxiety disorders including OCD, PTSD, Agoraphobia, Specific Phobias, Social Phobia, Separation ...