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Types of phobia

 

Classifications	Fear	Classifications	Fear
Acrophobia	Height	Mysophobia	Dirt, germs, contamination
Ailurophobia	Cats	Numerophobia	Numbers
Algophobia	Pain	Nyctophobia	Darkness
Anthophobia	Flowers	Ochophobia	Riding in a car
Anthropophobia	People	Ophidiophobia	Snakes
Aquaphobia	Water	Pyrophobia	Fire
Arachnophobia	Spiders	Scoleciphobia	Worms
Astraphobia	Lightning	Siderodromophobia	Railroads or train travel
Belonephobia	Needles	Taphophobia	Being buried alive
Brontophobia	Thunder	Thanatophobia	Death
Claustrophobia	Closed spaces	Trichophobia	Hair
Cynophobia	Dogs	Triskaidekaphobia	The number 13
Dementophobia	Insanity	Xenophobia	Strangers
Equinophobia	Horses	Zoophobia	Animals
Gamophobia	Marriage
Herpetophobia	Lizards, reptiles
Homophobia	Homosexuality
Murophobia	Mice

Biological aspects

• Neuroanatomical- Specific areas in the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala play a role in storing and recalling information about threatening or potentially deadly events.
• Temperament- Children experience fears as a part of normal development
  • Characteristics with which one is born that influence how he or she responds throughout life to specific situations (for example, innate fears)

Life experiences

• Early experiences may set the stage for phobic reactions later in life.
  • For instance, a child who fell a flight of stairs would have a fear of heights in the future.

Anxiety Disorder Due to another Medical Condition

• Medical conditions that may produce anxiety symptoms include
  • Cardiac
  • Endocrine
  • Respiratory
  • Neurological

Substance- or Medication-Induced Anxiety Disorder

• May be associated with intoxication or withdrawal from any of the following substances:
• Alcohol, sedatives, hypnotics, or anxiolytics
• Amphetamines or cocaine
• Hallucinogens
• Caffeine
• Cannabis
• Others

June 10, 2020