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  2. Trypophobia - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 February 2025. Fear or disgust of objects with repetitive patterns of small holes or protrusions Not to be confused with Trypanophobia. The holes in lotus seed heads elicit feelings of discomfort or repulsion in some people. Trypophobia is an aversion to the sight of repetitive patterns or clusters of ...

  3. Fear of medical procedures - Wikipedia

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    Some people have a fear of medical procedures at some point in their lifetime, which can include the fear of surgery, dental work, doctors, or needles. These fears are seldom diagnosed or treated, as they are often extinguished into adulthood and do not often develop into phobias preventing individuals from seeking medical attention.

  4. List of phobias - Wikipedia

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    The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...

  5. Specific phobia - Wikipedia

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    Females are twice as likely to be diagnosed than males with a specific phobia (although this can depend on the stimulus). [dubious – discuss] Children and adolescents who are diagnosed with a specific phobia are at an increased risk for additional psychopathology later in life. [1]

  6. Trypanophobia - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 23 August 2012, at 16:07 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may ...

  7. Child and adolescent psychiatry - Wikipedia

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    The psychiatric assessment of a child or adolescent starts with obtaining a psychiatric history by interviewing the young person and his/her parents or caregivers. The assessment includes a detailed exploration of the current concerns about the child's emotional or behavioral problems, the child's physical health and development, history of parental care (including possible abuse and neglect ...

  8. The federal funding freeze is inciting fear and chaos for ...

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    A young mother diagnosed with cancer is forced to perform a never-ending juggling act: getting her children to and from their school programs, being on time for her chemotherapy appointments, and ...

  9. Psychosocial treatment of needle phobia in children - Wikipedia

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    They studied 69 children aged 7–12 that were scheduled to undergo venipuncture. To be included in the study, children had to fit all of the following criteria: [citation needed] be between 7 and 12 years old; have eaten their last meal three hours or more prior to venipuncture; have no neurodevelopmental delay, including verbal difficulty