Skip to search formSkip to main contentSkip to account menu

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

Related topics

Related topics

14 relations

Narrower (10)

AgoraphobiaClaustrophobiaXenophobiaZoophobia
Expand
Anxiety DisordersCognition DisordersStiff-Person Syndrome

Broader (1)

Phobic anxiety disorder

Papers overview

Semantic Scholar uses AI to extract papers important to this topic.
Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Maximizing exposure therapy: an inhibitory learning approach.
Review
2009
Review
2009
Anxiety and anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: developmental issues and implications for DSM-V.
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Functional neuroimaging of anxiety: a meta-analysis of emotional processing in PTSD, social anxiety disorder, and specific phobia.
OBJECTIVE The study of human anxiety disorders has benefited greatly from functional neuroimaging approaches. Individual studies… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Prevalence of mental disorders in Europe: results from the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) project
Objective:  To describe the 12‐month and lifetime prevalence rates of mood, anxiety and alcohol disorders in six European… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Prevalence and development of psychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescence.
BACKGROUND This longitudinal community study assessed the prevalence and development of psychiatric disorders from age 9 through… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The economic burden of anxiety disorders in the 1990s.
BACKGROUND We assess the annual economic burden of anxiety disorders in the United States from a societal perspective. METHOD… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Development and validation of measures of social phobia scrutiny fear and social interaction anxiety.
Review
1994
Review
1994
Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of DSM-III-R psychiatric disorders in the United States. Results from the National Comorbidity Survey.
BACKGROUND This study presents estimates of lifetime and 12-month prevalence of 14 DSM-III-R psychiatric disorders from the… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
The genetic epidemiology of phobias in women. The interrelationship of agoraphobia, social phobia, situational phobia, and simple phobia.
In 2163 personally interviewed female twins from a population-based registry, the pattern of age at onset and comorbidity of the… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
DSM-III disorders in preadolescent children. Prevalence in a large sample from the general population.
We investigated the prevalence of DSM-III disorders in 792 children aged 11 years from the general population and found an… 
By clicking accept or continuing to use the site, you agree to the terms outlined in our Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, and Dataset License