<unk>  – DSM 5 Criteria The object or situation that a patient is afraid of must not actually pose the danger that the patient fears about. The individual has to have the fear for more than 6 months in order to be diagnosed with<unk> . It must interfere with school, work, or their personal life. - For example, patients who are afraid of heights or flying will not be willing to fly to see a loved one, or potentially miss a job opportunity in another location. - Patients who are afraid of bugs or spiders would refuse to attend a camping trip with a family or friend in order to avoid any bugs that are found in nature. The patient may change the way that they live to actively avoid coming in contact with the object or situation. It is common for the patient to know that their fear is illogical or irrational, but they are just unable to control their feelings towards it. The symptoms cannot be the result of other medication, illegal substances, or other medical conditions. Children that have<unk>  experience different feelings than seen in adults. In children fear/anxiety can be expressed by crying, tantrums, freezing, or clinging. For this reason, there are<unk>  types of therapy for children, adolescents, and adults who that<unk> . * The<unk>  object or situation almost always provokes immediate fear or anxiety * The<unk>  object or situation is avoided or endured with intense fear or anxiety * The fear or anxiety is out of proportion to the actual danger posed by the<unk>  object or situation and to the sociocultural context * The fear, anxiety, or avoidance is persistent, typically lasting for 6 months or more * The fear, anxiety, or avoidance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning * The disturbance is not better explained by symptoms of another mental disorder, including fear, anxiety, and avoidance of situations associated with panic-like symptoms or other incapacitating symptoms; objects or situations related to obsessions; reminders of traumatic events; separation from home or attachment figures; or social situations Types According to the fifth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,<unk> s can be classified under the following general categories: * Animal type – Fear of spiders (arachnophobia), insects (entomophobia), or dogs (cynophobia). * Natural environment type – Fear of water (aquaphobia), heights (acrophobia), lightning and thunderstorms (astraphobia), or aging (gerascophobia). * Situational type – Fear of small confined spaces (claustrophobia), or the dark (nyctophobia). * Blood/injection/injury type – this includes fear of medical procedures, including needles and injections (trypanophobia), fear of blood (hemophobia) and fear of getting injured (traumatophobia). * Other – children's fears of loud sounds or costumed characters.
Specific phobia
Blood phobia
Driving phobia
Separation anxiety disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
Social anxiety disorder
Agoraphobia
Body dysmorphic disorder