Phobic Disorders
Medical Dictionary
Definition of medical terminology for Phobic Disorders.
What is Phobic disorders?
A phobia is the irrational fear of an object or situation. The patient is often aware that their fear is irrational but remains powerless to control their reaction.
Phobic disorders
A phobia is an irrational fear that causes people to avoid the source of the fear - be it an activity, situation, animal or person.
There are different types of phobic disorders, such as: ...
Phobic Disorders; Anxiety-hysteria NOS, Phobia NOS
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Phobia, Unspecified ...
Phobic disorders
Stress disorders
These common external factors can cause anxiety: ...
"Phobic Disorders. " Section 15, Chapter 187 in The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, edited by Mark H. Beers, MD, and Robert Berkow, MD. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck Research Laboratories, 2002.
Phobic Disorders. eMedicine (July 2008)
Fink M, Akimova E, Spindelegger C, et al; Social anxiety disorder: epidemiology, biology and treatment. Psychiatr Danub. 2009 Dec;21(4):533-42. [abstract] ...
Phobic disorders also develop but are often overlooked. Obsessive-compulsive disorders are more common than in the general population.
A phobic disorder occurs when the avoidance behavior becomes so extreme that it interferes with your ability to participate in your daily activities. There are three main types of phobic disorders: ...
 See also: Anxiety, Anxiety disorder, Symptom, Stress, Mental Health
  
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