Fear isn’t rare—we all have things we’re scared of, whether that’s heights (hey!), spiders, open water, snakes, or, well, ...

Although fear is an essential survival mechanism, when it becomes persistent, it might lead to anxiety, or manifest as a specific phobia, namely, an irrational fear of a specific object ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Dena Rabinowitz: The most common type of anxiety disorder for Americans are specific phobias. But many people don't get treatment for a specific phobia ...

ASPECT was a randomised two-arm, multicentre, non-inferiority trial – looking at whether One Session Treatment (OST) is as good as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for treating simple phobias in ...

Phobias fall under the subset of anxiety disorders and are categorized into three main types: Specific Phobias: A fear of particular objects or situations, such as snakes (ophidiophobia), spiders ...

Ambulophobia, according to a 2022 study from Frontiers in Psychology, is the specific phobia involving an intense fear of walking—which primarily affects the elderly. These individuals often ...