Concerning phobias, nonexperiential, engaging innate fear, and experiential, engaging conditioned fear, disorders can be distinguished. However, so far, we know a lot about how the brain processes fear that is conditioned, while much less is known about innate fear. An increase of research on innate fear is therefore necessary.
Recent developments in the intervention of specific phobia among adults
Specific phobia, which has a lifetime prevalence of 7.4%, is one of the most common disorders 1. It is defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5) as a marked fear or anxiety about a specific object or situation (for example, flying, heights, animals, receiving an injection, or seeing blood) 2.
Specific phobias
As many people with specific phobias do not seek treatment, the epidemiological aspects of this Review concentrate on population-based data, focusing on the prevalence, incidence, and natural history of specific phobias. We also discuss research on risk factors (including genetic epidemiology) and treatment modalities for specific phobias.
Specific phobias
Introduction. Anxiety disorders, which include generalised anxiety disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia, social phobia, and specific (simple) phobias, are more prevalent in adults than are other mental disorders. 1 In 1987, Marks 2 reviewed the existing literature and conceptualised the study of anxiety, which led to a surge in research on the epidemiology and natural history of the ...
Key factors behind various specific phobia subtypes
Introduction. Evidence shows that specific phobias (SPs) are the most common anxiety- and mental disorders with a lifetime prevalence between 7.4 and 14% among adults with a cumulative incidence ...
Phobia-specific patterns of cognitive emotion regulation ...
In various animal phobias, in particular, regard to snake and spider fears, cognitive reappraisal has been identified 31, 32 as a good strategy to regulate negative emotions. In contrast, social ...
Fear, anxiety, and phobias
This Collection welcomes original research articles investigating the processes underlying fear, anxiety, and specific phobias. Empirical animal and human research that focuses on the diagnosis ...
(PDF) Anxiety: Insights into Signs, Symptoms, Etiology ...
The anxiety is associated with restlessness, feeling keyed up or on edge, being easily fatigued, difficulty in concentrating or mind going blank, irritability, muscle tension, and irritability ...
Anxiety disorders
Anxiety disorders form the most common group of mental disorders and generally start before or in early adulthood. Core features include excessive fear and anxiety or avoidance of perceived threats that are persistent and impairing. Anxiety disorders involve dysfunction in brain circuits that respond to danger. Risk for anxiety disorders is influenced by genetic factors, environmental factors ...
The Origins of Specific Phobias: Influential Theories and Current
to initialize an innately hardwired response, in its more extreme. version, the nonassociative point of view assumes that certain. fears, such as fear of heights and water, represent ...
Phobia Exposure Therapy Using Virtual and Augmented Reality: A ...
A specific phobia is a common anxiety-related disorder that can be treated efficiently using different therapies including exposure therapy or cognitive therapy. One of the most famous methods to treat a specific phobia is exposure therapy. Exposure therapy involves exposing the target patient to the anxiety source or its context without the intention to cause any danger. One promising track ...
Full article: Anxiety disorders: a review of current literature
Among them, specific phobias are the most common, with a prevalence of 10.3%, then panic disorder (with or without agoraphobia) is the next most common with a prevalence of 6.0%, followed by social phobia (2.7%) and generalized anxiety disorder (2.2%). Evidence is lacking as to whether these disorders have become more prevalent in recent decades.
Research Findings on the Genetics of Phobias
Fear of specific animals (dogs, spiders, etc.) Fear of open spaces, enclosed space, or high places. Fear of natural events, such as thunderstorms. While fears are an unavoidable part of being human, most fears can be controlled and managed. Phobias, however, cause psychological and physical reactions that are difficult if not impossible to manage.
Figuring out phobia
All phobias are anxiety disorders, lumped in the same class as post-traumatic stress disorder and panic disorder, among others. And anxiety disorders are, fundamentally, based on fear. "What we know about the neurocircuitry and brain basis of fear originally comes from animal research," says psychiatrist Scott Rauch, MD, of Harvard Medical School.
Treatment of anxiety disorders in clinical practice: a critical
INTRODUCTION. According to the World Health Organization (), anxiety disorders are burdensome "common mental disorders" to communities.These prevalent disorders are not communicable and affect approximately one in every five individuals of the world population (2-4).This figure represents the largest share of the prevalence of all mental disorders, whereas severe psychotic and bipolar ...
Why Do We Develop Certain Irrational Phobias?
Specific phobia is among the more prevalent anxiety disorders, affecting an estimated 9 percent of Americans within their lifetime. Common subtypes include fear of small animals, insects, flying ...
Phobias
410-955-5000 Maryland. 855-695-4872 Outside of Maryland. +1-410-502-7683 International. A phobia is an uncontrollable, irrational, and persistent fear of a specific object, situation, or activity. The fear experienced by people with phobias can be so great that some go to extreme lengths to avoid the source of their fear.
Phobias News, Research and Analysis
The Conversation features articles on various phobias, such as biophobia, coulrophobia, tokophobia and arachnophobia. Learn about the causes, treatments and cultural aspects of these irrational fears from experts and researchers.
Phobias: Symptoms, types, causes, and treatment
More research is needed to confirm exactly why a person develops agoraphobia or social anxiety. Researchers currently believe complex phobias are caused by a combination of life experiences, brain ...
Association between gut microbiota and anxiety disorders: a
There are many articles reporting that the component of intestinal microbiota implies a link to anxiety disorders (AD), and the brain-gut axis is also a hot topic in current research. However, the specific relevance between gut microbiota and AD is uncertain. We aimed to investigate causal relationship between gut microbiota and AD by using bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR).
A randomized controlled trial of Golden Ratio, Feng Shui, and evidence
Results also showed a significant indirect effect of the Feng Shui condition on anxiety through the pleasantness of the room (B = -0.85, CI = -1.29 to -0.45) and social support (B = -0.33, CI = -0.56 to -0.13). Pleasantness of the room and social support were mediators of change in anxiety in the Evidence-Based Design and Feng Shui conditions.
Emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence, depression and anxiety
Much research has focused on how emotional and spiritual intelligences promote well-being and help combat mental health issues. This comparative study, which was conducted in Israel and India with emerging adults enrolled in higher education, explored the relationship of emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence, anxiety and depression, and satisfaction with life.
Exploring the Relationships Between Digital Life Balance and Internet
Research Article. Open Access. Exploring the Relationships Between Digital Life Balance and Internet Social Capital, Loneliness, Fear of Missing Out, and Anxiety. ... apprehension, nervousness, and worry. Trait anxiety, on the other hand, is a more stable predisposition to perceive stressful situations as dangerous or threatening. Accordingly ...
Anxiety disorders: a review of current literature
Among them, specific phobias are the most common, with a prevalence of 10.3%, then panic disorder (with or without agoraphobia) is the next most common with a prevalence of 6.0%, followed by social phobia (2.7%) and generalized anxiety disorder (2.2%). Evidence is lacking as to whether these disorders have become more prevalent in recent decades.
PTSD, Anxiety Is Rising Among College Students
About 58% of the students were female. The data showed that during the study period 19,349 (4.9%) of the college students had been diagnosed with PTSD, while 1,814 (0.5%) had been given a ...
Why Americans don't exercise
In one study, nearly half of Americans ages 18 to 29 reported experiencing depression or anxiety in 2023. And over the past few decades, mental illness for teens and children has been on the rise ...
The 'crushing' effect of the rental crisis on our mental health and
Professor Bentley's research has found that renters are more likely to suffer negative mental health from housing stress. And more recently she's found "double precarity" — a combination of ...
Current Diagnosis and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
Advances in anxiety research over the previous decade are likely to be reflected in modifications of diagnostic criteria in the upcoming DSM-5, 9 planned for publication in May 2013. For instance, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have been reclassified in the separate domains of Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive and ...
Psychedelic drug MDMA faces questions as FDA considers approval for
This photo provided by the Center for Psychedelic Therapy Research shows a Yehuda Lab MDMA-assisted therapy treatment room at the James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the Bronx borough of New York. On Friday, May 31, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration posted its initial review of MDMA, the mind-altering club drug ...
The Diagnosis and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
The anxiety disorders, as classified in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) ( ), comprise the phobic disorders, including agoraphobia with (F40.00) or without panic disorder (F40.01), social phobia (F40.1), and the specific phobias (F40.2), as well as other anxiety disorders, including panic disorder (F41.0), generalized ...
COMMENTS
Concerning phobias, nonexperiential, engaging innate fear, and experiential, engaging conditioned fear, disorders can be distinguished. However, so far, we know a lot about how the brain processes fear that is conditioned, while much less is known about innate fear. An increase of research on innate fear is therefore necessary.
Specific phobia, which has a lifetime prevalence of 7.4%, is one of the most common disorders 1. It is defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5) as a marked fear or anxiety about a specific object or situation (for example, flying, heights, animals, receiving an injection, or seeing blood) 2.
As many people with specific phobias do not seek treatment, the epidemiological aspects of this Review concentrate on population-based data, focusing on the prevalence, incidence, and natural history of specific phobias. We also discuss research on risk factors (including genetic epidemiology) and treatment modalities for specific phobias.
Introduction. Anxiety disorders, which include generalised anxiety disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia, social phobia, and specific (simple) phobias, are more prevalent in adults than are other mental disorders. 1 In 1987, Marks 2 reviewed the existing literature and conceptualised the study of anxiety, which led to a surge in research on the epidemiology and natural history of the ...
Introduction. Evidence shows that specific phobias (SPs) are the most common anxiety- and mental disorders with a lifetime prevalence between 7.4 and 14% among adults with a cumulative incidence ...
In various animal phobias, in particular, regard to snake and spider fears, cognitive reappraisal has been identified 31, 32 as a good strategy to regulate negative emotions. In contrast, social ...
This Collection welcomes original research articles investigating the processes underlying fear, anxiety, and specific phobias. Empirical animal and human research that focuses on the diagnosis ...
The anxiety is associated with restlessness, feeling keyed up or on edge, being easily fatigued, difficulty in concentrating or mind going blank, irritability, muscle tension, and irritability ...
Anxiety disorders form the most common group of mental disorders and generally start before or in early adulthood. Core features include excessive fear and anxiety or avoidance of perceived threats that are persistent and impairing. Anxiety disorders involve dysfunction in brain circuits that respond to danger. Risk for anxiety disorders is influenced by genetic factors, environmental factors ...
to initialize an innately hardwired response, in its more extreme. version, the nonassociative point of view assumes that certain. fears, such as fear of heights and water, represent ...
A specific phobia is a common anxiety-related disorder that can be treated efficiently using different therapies including exposure therapy or cognitive therapy. One of the most famous methods to treat a specific phobia is exposure therapy. Exposure therapy involves exposing the target patient to the anxiety source or its context without the intention to cause any danger. One promising track ...
Among them, specific phobias are the most common, with a prevalence of 10.3%, then panic disorder (with or without agoraphobia) is the next most common with a prevalence of 6.0%, followed by social phobia (2.7%) and generalized anxiety disorder (2.2%). Evidence is lacking as to whether these disorders have become more prevalent in recent decades.
Fear of specific animals (dogs, spiders, etc.) Fear of open spaces, enclosed space, or high places. Fear of natural events, such as thunderstorms. While fears are an unavoidable part of being human, most fears can be controlled and managed. Phobias, however, cause psychological and physical reactions that are difficult if not impossible to manage.
All phobias are anxiety disorders, lumped in the same class as post-traumatic stress disorder and panic disorder, among others. And anxiety disorders are, fundamentally, based on fear. "What we know about the neurocircuitry and brain basis of fear originally comes from animal research," says psychiatrist Scott Rauch, MD, of Harvard Medical School.
INTRODUCTION. According to the World Health Organization (), anxiety disorders are burdensome "common mental disorders" to communities.These prevalent disorders are not communicable and affect approximately one in every five individuals of the world population (2-4).This figure represents the largest share of the prevalence of all mental disorders, whereas severe psychotic and bipolar ...
Specific phobia is among the more prevalent anxiety disorders, affecting an estimated 9 percent of Americans within their lifetime. Common subtypes include fear of small animals, insects, flying ...
410-955-5000 Maryland. 855-695-4872 Outside of Maryland. +1-410-502-7683 International. A phobia is an uncontrollable, irrational, and persistent fear of a specific object, situation, or activity. The fear experienced by people with phobias can be so great that some go to extreme lengths to avoid the source of their fear.
The Conversation features articles on various phobias, such as biophobia, coulrophobia, tokophobia and arachnophobia. Learn about the causes, treatments and cultural aspects of these irrational fears from experts and researchers.
More research is needed to confirm exactly why a person develops agoraphobia or social anxiety. Researchers currently believe complex phobias are caused by a combination of life experiences, brain ...
There are many articles reporting that the component of intestinal microbiota implies a link to anxiety disorders (AD), and the brain-gut axis is also a hot topic in current research. However, the specific relevance between gut microbiota and AD is uncertain. We aimed to investigate causal relationship between gut microbiota and AD by using bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR).
Results also showed a significant indirect effect of the Feng Shui condition on anxiety through the pleasantness of the room (B = -0.85, CI = -1.29 to -0.45) and social support (B = -0.33, CI = -0.56 to -0.13). Pleasantness of the room and social support were mediators of change in anxiety in the Evidence-Based Design and Feng Shui conditions.
Much research has focused on how emotional and spiritual intelligences promote well-being and help combat mental health issues. This comparative study, which was conducted in Israel and India with emerging adults enrolled in higher education, explored the relationship of emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence, anxiety and depression, and satisfaction with life.
Research Article. Open Access. Exploring the Relationships Between Digital Life Balance and Internet Social Capital, Loneliness, Fear of Missing Out, and Anxiety. ... apprehension, nervousness, and worry. Trait anxiety, on the other hand, is a more stable predisposition to perceive stressful situations as dangerous or threatening. Accordingly ...
Among them, specific phobias are the most common, with a prevalence of 10.3%, then panic disorder (with or without agoraphobia) is the next most common with a prevalence of 6.0%, followed by social phobia (2.7%) and generalized anxiety disorder (2.2%). Evidence is lacking as to whether these disorders have become more prevalent in recent decades.
About 58% of the students were female. The data showed that during the study period 19,349 (4.9%) of the college students had been diagnosed with PTSD, while 1,814 (0.5%) had been given a ...
In one study, nearly half of Americans ages 18 to 29 reported experiencing depression or anxiety in 2023. And over the past few decades, mental illness for teens and children has been on the rise ...
Professor Bentley's research has found that renters are more likely to suffer negative mental health from housing stress. And more recently she's found "double precarity" — a combination of ...
Advances in anxiety research over the previous decade are likely to be reflected in modifications of diagnostic criteria in the upcoming DSM-5, 9 planned for publication in May 2013. For instance, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have been reclassified in the separate domains of Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive and ...
This photo provided by the Center for Psychedelic Therapy Research shows a Yehuda Lab MDMA-assisted therapy treatment room at the James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the Bronx borough of New York. On Friday, May 31, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration posted its initial review of MDMA, the mind-altering club drug ...
The anxiety disorders, as classified in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) ( ), comprise the phobic disorders, including agoraphobia with (F40.00) or without panic disorder (F40.01), social phobia (F40.1), and the specific phobias (F40.2), as well as other anxiety disorders, including panic disorder (F41.0), generalized ...