Phobias come in many different forms. Acrophobia is the fear of heights. Aviophobia is the fear of flying. Felinophobia is the fear of cats. Myxophobia is the fear of slime. Xyrophobia is the fear ...

Psychiatrists and researchers find the reaction to different groups is not surprising or difficult to explain. Prejudice is as old as mankind and based on the simple premise of fear and ignorance.

Phobias are often dismissed as quirky or humorous, but for those who experience them, they are anything but trivial. A phobia can be defined as an intense, irrational fear of an object, situation ...

If you have any phobias that prevent you from leading your fullest life, please seek help from a doctor or mental health professional. You’ve no doubt heard of claustrophobia – the fear of ...

I have all the respect for people who have different phobias,' he said. 'I am disturbed when a hard-working cabinet minister is almost reduced to a phobia and people make fun of it. I think you ...

fear of what is different, fear of the other, fear of the loss of personal security. And while we recognize that human fear is in itself ineradicable, we maintain that its consequences are not ...

The hate speech or antisemitic and bias behavior of seemingly law-abiding citizens stems more from fear and ignorance than hate, experts say. Psychiatrists and researchers find the reaction to ...