Specific Phobia

What will be an ideal response?


Subtypes:
Animal type
Natural Environment type
Blood-Injection-Injury type
Situational type
Other

Lifetime prevalence: ? 12%
Female > Male
African Americans, Hispanic > European Americans
Less common w/ increasing age, SES

Onset: Childhood

Duration: May be brief or longstanding

Psychology

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