Phobia
A phobia is a teep o anxiety disorder, defined bi a persistent fear o an object or situation.[1]
| Phobia | |
|---|---|
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| A fear o speeders is ane o the mair common phobias | |
| Specialty | Psychiatry |
| Symptoms | Fear o an object or situation[1] |
| Complications | Suicide[1] |
| Uisual onset | Rapid[1] |
| Duration | Mair nor sax month[1] |
| Teeps | Speceefic phobias, social phobia, agoraphobia[1][2] |
| Causes | Spiders, snakes, hichts[3] |
| Treatment | Exposuretherapy, coonsellin, medication[2][4][5] |
| Medication | Antidepressants, benzodiazepines, beta-blockers[4] |
| Frequency | Speceefic phobias: ~5%[1] Social phobia: ~5%[6] Agoraphobia: ~2%[6] |
References
eedit- ↑ a b c d e f g American Psychiatric Association (2013), Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.), Arlington: American Psychiatric Publishing, pp. 190, 197–202, ISBN 0890425558
- ↑ a b Hamm, AO (September 2009). "Specific phobias". The Psychiatric clinics of North America. 32 (3): 577–91. doi:10.1016/j.psc.2009.05.008. PMID 19716991.
- ↑ "Specific Phobias". USVA. Archived frae the original on 14 Julie 2016. Retrieved 26 Julie 2016. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (help) - ↑ a b "Anxiety Disorders". NIMH. Mairch 2016. Archived frae the original on 27 Julie 2016. Retrieved 27 Julie 2016. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (help) - ↑ Perugi, G; Frare, F; Toni, C (2007). "Diagnosis and treatment of agoraphobia with panic disorder". CNS Drugs. 21 (9): 741–64. doi:10.2165/00023210-200721090-00004. PMID 17696574.
- ↑ a b American Psychiatric Association (2013), Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.), Arlington: American Psychiatric Publishing, pp. 204, 218–219, ISBN 0890425558