The truth about food phobias – and why they’re a lot scarier than you realise - IN FOCUS: Assume that having a phobia of a ...

More than 12% of the population will experience a phobia at some point in their life, making this disorder the most common mental illness in the United States.

Anxiety disorder is an umbrella term that covers several clinical conditions, including phobias, the most common being specific phobias. About one in every ten people will have trouble with an ...

One method employed by mental health professionals to treat phobias is exposure therapy. "Treatment often involves doing things a little bit that you don't want to do, so it is helpful to have a ...

Scared of spiders, storms, dogs or more recently, mushrooms? New research reveals the surprising consequences of biophobias ...

Being sexy isn’t a crime — but you may end up the victim of “hot phobia.” A UK mom has claimed she’s ignored and ridiculed at the school gate because she’s too beautiful — and the ...

Thalassophobia is an intense fear of deep or large bodies of water, like the ocean or the sea. It falls under a category of “specific phobia,” which is defined as “an intense, irrational ...

Also known as autophobia, isolophobia, or eremophobia, monophobia is the fear of being isolated, lonely, or alone.As a phobia, this fear isn't necessarily a realistic one.Though you may know that ...

Marie, 38, of North Hollywood, is afraid of needles, and she’s not the only one. One in four adults — some 76 million Americans — likely feel some fear, surveys show.