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childhood phobias  

Definition

  • Childhood phobias are common psychiatric disorders characterized by excessive or unreasonable fear of, or in anticipation of, a circumscribed object or event. In contrast to developmentally appropriate fears (e.g., fear of strangers in a toddler), the fear experienced by the child with a phobia is irrational, though the child may not recognize its irrationality. [Source: Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science; Phobias, Childhood]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-QF6JF08Z-3

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