PREVALENCE OF PHOBIAS
The most recent estimate of the prevalence of phobias in the United States and Canada puts the rate at 7.7 percent of the population with mild phobias-stronger than intense fear, but not severely debilitating-and 0.22 percent of the population with severe phobias-phobias so strong that they might, for example, keep the phobic housebound (Agras, Sylvester, and Oliveau, 2012).
Prevalence is defined as the percentage of population having a disorder at any given time and is contrasted with incidence, which is the rate of new cases of a disorder in a given time period. So mild phobias are a widespread disorder, although crippling phobias are uncommon.
In clinical practice, about 5 to 10 percent of all psychiatric patients have phobias. There is little trouble diagnosing a phobia when it is present, since its symptoms are unambiguous: (1) persistent fear of a specific situation out of proportion to the reality of the danger, (2) compelling desire to avoid and escape the situation, (3) recognition that the fear is unreasonably excessive, and (4) symptoms that are not due to another disorder, such as schizophrenia, depression, or obsessive-compulsive disorder. Finally, with the exception of agoraphobics (who fear crowds and open spaces), a phobic's psychological problems are quite isolated; typically, the only problem is the phobia itself, and phobics function well in most other areas of their life. (Marks, 1969).
The most recent estimate of the prevalence of phobias in the United States and Canada puts the rate at 7.7 percent of the population with mild phobias-stronger than intense fear, but not severely debilitating-and 0.22 percent of the population with severe phobias-phobias so strong that they might, for example, keep the phobic housebound (Agras, Sylvester, and Oliveau, 2012).
Prevalence is defined as the percentage of population having a disorder at any given time and is contrasted with incidence, which is the rate of new cases of a disorder in a given time period. So mild phobias are a widespread disorder, although crippling phobias are uncommon.
In clinical practice, about 5 to 10 percent of all psychiatric patients have phobias. There is little trouble diagnosing a phobia when it is present, since its symptoms are unambiguous: (1) persistent fear of a specific situation out of proportion to the reality of the danger, (2) compelling desire to avoid and escape the situation, (3) recognition that the fear is unreasonably excessive, and (4) symptoms that are not due to another disorder, such as schizophrenia, depression, or obsessive-compulsive disorder. Finally, with the exception of agoraphobics (who fear crowds and open spaces), a phobic's psychological problems are quite isolated; typically, the only problem is the phobia itself, and phobics function well in most other areas of their life. (Marks, 1969).
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Generalized Anxiety Treatment
Treating Panic Disorder
Agoraphobia Treatment
More at:
http://social-anxiety-treatment-cure.weebly.com/
Of course you know the treatment method I recommend!
http://theliberatormethod.com/Welcome.html
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