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Phobia, Specific

Known as: simple phobia, phobias simple, phobias specific 
An anxiety disorder characterized by an intense, irrational fear cued by the presence or anticipation of a specific object or situation. Exposure to… 
National Institutes of Health

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AgoraphobiaClaustrophobiaXenophobiaZoophobia
Anxiety DisordersCognition DisordersStiff-Person Syndrome

Broader (1)

Phobic anxiety disorder

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2007
2007
Treatment of specific phobia in older adults
Phobias are common in later life, yet treatment research in this population remains scant. The efficacy of exposure therapy, in… 
2004
2004
The zurich study
SummaryFrom data collected within the frame of a longitudinal epidemiologic study of a representative sample population of young… 
2002
2002
How Children Experience Brief-Exposure Treatment of Specific Phobias
Examined how 56 children who had received brief-exposure treatment for specific phobias experienced the treatment. It was also… 
2001
2001
Controlled Comparison of Single-session Treatments for Spider Phobia: Live Graded Exposure Alone Versus Computer-aided Vicarious Exposure
The efficacy of prolonged single sessions of live graded exposure (LGE) and computer-aided vicarious exposure (CAVE) for spider… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
An 18-month longitudinal study of posttraumatic disorders in children who were taken hostage in their school.
OBJECTIVE The objective of our investigation was to study the course of direct and indirect posttraumatic disorders over 18… 
1998
1998
A clinical study of spider phobia: prediction of outcome after self-help and therapist-directed treatments.
1998
1998
Resolution of fear of flying with fluoxetine treatment.
1994
1994
A 35% carbon dioxide challenge in simple phobias
Twenty‐eight subjects meeting the DSM‐III‐R criteria for simple phobia and 30 normal controls were subjected to a 35% carbon… 
1990
1990
Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in a mandatory screening program for infection with human immunodeficiency virus: a pilot study.
Ninety-five randomly selected human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive Air Force personnel were psychiatrically examined… 
1981
1981
Return of fear: the role of inhibition.
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