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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 ...
Hodophobia is an irrational fear, or phobia, of travel. [2] [3] Hodophobia should not be confused with travel aversion. [4] [5] Acute anxiety provoked by travel can be treated with anti-anxiety medication. [6] [7] The condition can be treated with exposure therapy, which works better when combined with cognitive behavioral therapy. [6] [7]
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This category reflects the organization of International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 11th Revision. Generally, diseases outlined within the ICD-11 codes 6B00-6B0Z within Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders should be included in this category.
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Mysophobia, also known as verminophobia, germophobia, germaphobia, bacillophobia and bacteriophobia, is a pathological fear of contamination and germs. [1] It is classified as a type of specific phobia, meaning it is evaluated and diagnosed based on the experience of high levels of fear and anxiety beyond what is reasonable when exposed to or in anticipation of exposure to stimuli related to ...
Specific phobia is an anxiety disorder, characterized by an extreme, unreasonable, and irrational fear associated with a specific object, situation, or concept which poses little or no actual danger. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Specific phobia can lead to avoidance of the object or situation, persistence of the fear, and significant distress or problems ...
It has also entered standard English and is affixed to many different words to denote enthusiasm or obsession with that subject. Cambridge Dictionary has defined mania as “a very strong interest in something that fills a person's mind or uses up all their time” Britannica Dictionary defined mania as a mental illness in which a person ...