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| ===== Primer ===== | ===== Primer ===== | ||
| - | **Specific Phobia** is a disorder characterized by intense fear or anxiety in the presence of a particular situation or object (phobic stimulus), including animals, environments, medical procedures, or situations. Many individuals fear objects or situations from more than one category, or phobic stimulus. | + | **Specific Phobia** is a disorder characterized by intense fear or anxiety in the presence of a particular situation or object (phobic stimulus). The four major types are: animals, environments, medical procedures, and situations (e.g. - elevators, planes, enclosed spaces). Many individuals fear objects or situations from more than one category or phobic stimulus. |
| ==== Epidemiology ==== | ==== Epidemiology ==== | ||
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| Marked fear or anxiety about a specific object or situation (e.g. - flying, heights, animals, receiving an injection, seeing blood). | Marked fear or anxiety about a specific object or situation (e.g. - flying, heights, animals, receiving an injection, seeing blood). | ||
| - | <callout type="info" icon="fa fa-child">Note: In children, the fear or anxiety may be expressed by crying, tantrums, freezing, or clinging.</callout> | + | <callout type="info" icon="fa fa-child">In children, the fear or anxiety may be expressed by crying, tantrums, freezing, or clinging.</callout> |
| == Criterion B == | == Criterion B == | ||
| The phobic object or situation almost always provokes immediate fear or anxiety. | The phobic object or situation almost always provokes immediate fear or anxiety. | ||