Phobia

phobia

class of disease

Subclass of	anxiety disorder, fear, anxiety, neurosis, disease
Has effect	fear
Health specialty	psychiatry, psychology
Possible treatment	psychotherapy
Handled, mitigated, or managed by	exposure therapy
WordLift URL	http://data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/phobia
ICD-9-CM	300.20
ICPC 2 ID	P79
NCI Thesaurus ID	C35420
Opposite of	philia
Has list	list of phobias

A phobia be an anxiety disorder, wey be defined by an irrational, unrealistic, persistent den excessive fear of an object anaa situation. Phobias typically dey result in a rapid onset of fear wey e be usually present for more dan six months. Those wey be affected go to great lengths to avoid de situation anaa object, to a degree greater dan de actual danger posed. If de object anaa situation no fi be avoided, dem dey experience significant distress. Oda symptoms fi include fainting, wich fi occur insyd blood anaa injury phobia, den panic attacks, dem often find insyd agoraphobia den emetophobia. Around 75% of those plus phobias get multiple phobias.

Dem fi divide phobias into specific phobias, social anxiety disorder, den agoraphobia. Specific phobias be further divided to include certain animals, natural environment, blood anaa injury, den particular situations. De most common be fear of spiders, fear of snakes, den fear of heights. Specific phobias fi be caused by a negative experience plus de object anaa situation insyd early kiddie time to early adulthood. Social phobia be wen a person dey fear a situation secof worries about odas dey judge dem. Agoraphobia be a fear of a situation secof perceived difficulty anaa inability to escape.

E be recommended say specific phobias be treated plus exposure therapy, insyd wich dem dey introduce de person to de situation anaa object in question til de fear resolve. Medications no be helpful for specific phobias. Social phobia den agoraphobia fi be treated plus counseling, medications, anaa a combination of both. Medications dem use dey include antidepressants, benzodiazepines, anaa beta-blockers.

Specific phobias dey affect about 6–8% of people insyd de Western world den 2–4% insyd Asia, Africa, den Latin America insyd a given year. Social phobia dey affect about 7% of people insyd de United States den 0.5–2.5% of people insyd de rest of de world. Agoraphobia dey affect about 1.7% of people. Women be affected by phobias about twice as often as men. De typical onset of a phobia be around 10–17, wey rates be lower plus increasing age. Those plus phobias be more likely to attempt suicide.