animal phobia
Let an agent explain animal phobias and their features and causes, relay treatment and self-help information from mental health bodies, distinguish phobia from normal caution, and route personal mental health questions to professionals.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain animal phobias and their features and causes, relay treatment and self-help information from mental health bodies, distinguish phobia from normal caution, and route personal mental health questions to professionals.
A specific phobia consisting of a persistent, excessive and irrational fear of one or more kinds of animal, such as spiders, insects, snakes and reptiles, dogs, birds, rabbits, butterflies and moths, or fish, leading to avoidance and distress out of proportion to actual danger, typically beginning in childhood; animal phobias are among the most common specific phobias and are treated effectively with exposure-based cognitive behavioural therapy.
What it is for: Excessive fear of specific animals.
It can be explain features and causes; relay treatment information; distinguish from normal caution; route personal questions.
Distinguishing features
Specific trigger
Disproportionate fear
Avoidance
Treatable
What it looks like
Not physical; observed in fear responses and avoidance.
How it is recognised
Excessive fear of a kind of animal
Avoidance and distress
Reasonable caution around dangerous animals is not a phobia
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - the underlying emotion
is related to - an animal that may be feared
is related to - related responses
In practice
Families and kinds
fear of spiders and insects
fear of snakes and reptiles
fear of dogs and other mammals
fear of birds and fish
fear of butterflies, moths and other specific animals
Standards and regulation
Diagnostic classifications for specific phobias
Clinical guidelines for anxiety disorders
Mental health professional standards
Failure modes and hazards
Agents providing therapy or diagnosis
Trivialising phobias
Unsafe self-exposure attempts
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
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 animal phobias are.
General information.
Features
Features and diagnosis.
Features
Features.
- What defines an animal phobia, and how does it differ from ordinary fear or caution? definition
- Is the user asking about their own fear, which may need a mental health professional? boundary
Causes
Causes.
Causes
Causes.
- What do researchers say about the origins of animal phobias, including learning and evolutionary preparedness? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific phobia? action
Help Treatment and self-help.
Guidance.
Treatment
Treatment.
Treatment
Treatment.
- What treatments, such as exposure-based cognitive behavioural therapy, do guidelines recommend? provenance
- Which entry fits cognitive behavioural therapy? action
Self-help
Self-help and support.
Self-help
Self-help.
- What self-help approaches and support services do mental health bodies suggest? provenance
- Is someone in acute distress, needing urgent help? boundary
Context Impact and society.
Context.
Impact
Impact on life.
Impact
Impact.
- How do animal phobias affect daily life, and how common are they? provenance
- Which findings are uncertain? boundary
Children
Children.
Children
Children.
- How do animal fears develop in children, and when do they warrant help? provenance
- Which entry fits child mental health? action
Learn Research and teaching.
Education.
Research
Research.
Research
Research.
- What research is under way on phobia mechanisms and treatments? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can phobias be taught in psychology without stigma? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each animal phobia be a separate entry?
- How should mental health services be linked?
- How should treatment guidelines be linked?