phobia
Let an agent explain phobias and their kinds and features in general terms, relay treatment and self-help information from health bodies, distinguish clinical phobias from ordinary fears and coined terms, and route personal mental health questions to professionals and crisis services where needed.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain phobias and their kinds and features in general terms, relay treatment and self-help information from health bodies, distinguish clinical phobias from ordinary fears and coined terms, and route personal mental health questions to professionals and crisis services where needed.
An anxiety disorder characterised by persistent, excessive and irrational fear of a specific object, situation or activity that leads to avoidance and distress, including specific phobias such as fear of animals, heights, flying, blood and injections, social phobia and agoraphobia, and many named fears from trypophobia to apeirophobia; phobias are common, are diagnosed by clinicians, and respond well to treatments such as cognitive behavioural therapy and exposure, and are described here in general terms.
What it is for: Excessive fear of specific things.
It can be explain kinds and features; relay treatment information; distinguish from ordinary fears; route personal questions.
Distinguishing features
Irrational intensity
Avoidance
Treatable
Common
What it looks like
Not visible; experienced fear and avoidance.
How it is recognised
Persistent excessive fear with avoidance
Specific phobias, social phobia, agoraphobia
Ordinary fear is proportionate; coined phobia words often name dislikes rather than disorders
Related models
is a kind of - category
is a kind of - category
is related to - a specific phobia type
is related to - a condition that may co-occur
In practice
Families and kinds
animal phobias
natural environment phobias such as heights and storms
blood, injection and injury phobias
situational phobias such as flying and enclosed spaces
social phobia and agoraphobia
Standards and regulation
Diagnostic classifications
Clinical guidelines for anxiety disorders
Mental health service standards
Failure modes and hazards
Agents giving personal diagnosis or treatment advice
Treating coined phobia words as diagnoses
Failing to route people in crisis
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.phobia
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What phobias are.
General information.
Concept
Concept and kinds.
Concept
Concept.
- What is a phobia, how does it differ from ordinary fear, and what kinds are recognised? definition
- Is the user asking about their own fear, which needs a professional? boundary
Names
Named phobias.
Names
Names.
- How do coined phobia names such as trypophobia relate to clinical diagnoses? provenance
- Is a clinical or a popular sense meant? boundary
Help Treatment and support.
Guidance.
Treatment
Treatment.
Treatment
Treatment.
- What treatments such as cognitive behavioural therapy and exposure do health bodies describe, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user in crisis and in need of emergency or helpline support now? boundary
Self-help
Self-help.
Self-help
Self-help.
- What self-help approaches and resources do health bodies recommend? provenance
- Which entry fits mental health support? action
Science Causes and research.
Attribution.
Causes
Causes.
Causes
Causes.
- What does research say about the origins of phobias in learning, genetics and evolution, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which findings are contested? boundary
Prevalence
Prevalence.
Prevalence
Prevalence.
- How common are phobias, and which are most frequent, according to surveys? provenance
- Which entry fits epidemiology of mental health? action
Learn History and teaching.
Education.
History
History.
History
History.
- How have phobias been understood and treated historically? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can phobias be taught in mental health education without stigma? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should specific phobia types be separate entries?
- How should guidelines be linked?
- How should self-help resources be linked?