loading...| Preferred Name | specific phobia | |
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simple phobia |
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| Definitions |
Extreme fear of a specific object or situation. Understanding abnormal behavior". David Sue, Derald Wing Sue, Stanley Sue. A phobic disorder that is characterized by an unreasonable or irrational fear related to exposure to specific objects or situations. Exposure to the stimulus nearly always produces intense anxiety or a panic attack. Specific phobias are about twice as prevalent in women as in men and are rearely incapacitating. The degree to which they interfere with daily life depends on how easy is to avoid the feared object or situation. The phobias often begin during childhood. Is plausible that phobias may result from an interaction of biological, cognitive, and environmental factors. According to the psychodynamic viewpoint, phobias are expressions of wishes, fears and fantasies that are unacceptable to the patient. these unconscious conflicts are displaced (or shifted) from their original internal source to an external object or situation; the person blocks from consciousness the real source of anxiety and is able to avoid the dangerous impulse that the phobia represents. DSM-IV-TR divides specific phobias into five types: 1.- Animal (such as spiders or snakes) 2.- Natural environmental ( such as earthquakes, thunder, water) 3.- Blood/injections or injury; individuals with this type of phobia, as opposed to other phobias, are likely to have a history of fainting in the phobic situation. 4.- Situational (includes fear of traveling in cars, planes, and elevators and fear of heights, tunnels, and bridges) 5.- Other (phobic avoidance of situations that may lead to choking, vomiting, or contracting an illness) "Understanding abnormal behavior". David Sue, Derald Wing Sue, Stanley Sue. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_599 |
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Exposure to the stimulus nearly always produces intense anxiety or a panic attack. Specific phobias are about twice as prevalent in women as in men and are rearely incapacitating. The degree to which they interfere with daily life depends on how easy is to avoid the feared object or situation. The phobias often begin during childhood. Is plausible that phobias may result from an interaction of biological, cognitive, and environmental factors. According to the psychodynamic viewpoint, phobias are expressions of wishes, fears and fantasies that are unacceptable to the patient. these unconscious conflicts are displaced (or shifted) from their original internal source to an external object or situation; the person blocks from consciousness the real source of anxiety and is able to avoid the dangerous impulse that the phobia represents. DSM-IV-TR divides specific phobias into five types: 1.- Animal (such as spiders or snakes) 2.- Natural environmental ( such as earthquakes, thunder, water) 3.- Blood/injections or injury; individuals with this type of phobia, as opposed to other phobias, are likely to have a history of fainting in the phobic situation. 4.- Situational (includes fear of traveling in cars, planes, and elevators and fear of heights, tunnels, and bridges) 5.- Other (phobic avoidance of situations that may lead to choking, vomiting, or contracting an illness) "Understanding abnormal behavior". David Sue, Derald Wing Sue, Stanley Sue. |
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| alternative label |
simple phobia |
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| code DSM-IV-TR |
300.29 |
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UMLS_CUI:C0236801 NCI:C35284 OMIM:608251 SNOMEDCT_2010_1_31:54587008 SNOMEDCT_2010_1_31:192396001 |
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| definition |
Extreme fear of a specific object or situation. Understanding abnormal behavior". David Sue, Derald Wing Sue, Stanley Sue. A phobic disorder that is characterized by an unreasonable or irrational fear related to exposure to specific objects or situations. |
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simple phobia |
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disease_ontology |
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| ICD-10 code |
F40.2 |
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| id |
DOID:599 |
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| label |
specific phobia |
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DOID:599 |
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DOID:599 |
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specific phobia |
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MFOMD_0000016 |
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| symptoms |
- Excessive or irrational fear of a specific object or situation. - Avoiding the object or situation or enduring it with great distress. - Physical symptoms of anxiety or a panic attack, such as a pounding heart, nausea or diarrhea, sweating, trembling or shaking, numbness or tingling, problems with breathing (shortness of breath), feeling dizzy or lightheaded, feeling like you are choking. - Anticipatory anxiety, which involves becoming nervous ahead of time about being in certain situations or coming into contact with the object of your phobia. (For example, a person with a fear of dogs may become anxious about going for a walk because he or she may see a dog along the way.) Children with a specific phobia may express their anxiety by crying, clinging to a parent, or throwing a tantrum. http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/specific-phobias |
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