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Mental Disorders > Anxiety Disorders > Phobic Disorders

Preferred term

Phobic Disorders  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Anxiety disorders in which the essential feature is persistent and irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that the individual feels compelled to avoid. The individual recognizes the fear as excessive or unreasonable.

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Entry terms

  • Neuroses, Phobic
  • Phobias
  • Phobic Neuroses

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