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What counts as a phobia?
Specific phobias are out-of-proportion fears to objects, animals or situations, and fortunately, they can be treated.
Fear is a natural instinct that helps protect us from harm, but some phobias go way beyond the realm of common fears. Have you ever wondered about the unusual and bizarre fears that some people might ...
Despite rising aviation fears, experts share practical strategies to ease flight anxiety, from safety insights to calming ...
Megalophobia is a specific phobia where a person has an intense fear of large objects, such as huge buildings, animals, or statues. This fear can cause anxiety when encountering or thinking about ...
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition, text revision (DSM-5-TR) classifies this fear as a specific phobia. People sometimes also refer to the fear of flying as ...
A Netherlands researcher claims even the most extreme fears can be treated using her method Mari Ramsawakh Phobias, or irrational fears, can be difficult to handle — if not downright debilitating.
ASPECT was a randomised two-arm, multicentre, non-inferiority trial – looking at whether One Session Treatment (OST) is as good as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for treating simple phobias in ...