{"id":470,"date":"2012-07-05T19:32:40","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T23:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/?page_id=470"},"modified":"2021-05-01T12:50:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T16:50:53","slug":"specific-phobias","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/adult-treatment-at-card\/conditions-we-treat-adults\/specific-phobias\/","title":{"rendered":"Specific Phobias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0<strong><em>phobia<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is an intense fear of\u2014or aversion to\u2014specific objects or situations. Although it can be realistic to be anxious in some circumstances, the fear people with phobias feel is out of proportion to the actual danger caused by the situation or object.<\/p>\n<p>People with a specific phobia:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May have an irrational or excessive worry about encountering the feared object or situation<\/li>\n<li>Take active steps to avoid the feared object or situation<\/li>\n<li>Experience immediate intense anxiety upon encountering the feared object or situation<\/li>\n<li>Endure unavoidable objects and situations with intense anxiety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Specific phobias are very diverse, but here are some common examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flying<\/li>\n<li>Heights<\/li>\n<li>Specific animals, such as spiders, dogs, or snakes<\/li>\n<li>Receiving injections<\/li>\n<li>Blood or injury<\/li>\n<li>Medical procedures<\/li>\n<li>Vomiting or seeing others vomit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Ready to get started?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/contact-us\/\">Contact us<\/a> if you have questions or if you are ready to get started.<\/li>\n<li>You may be eligible for free treatment as a part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/research\/\">current research opportunities<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<h4><strong>References<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1176\/appi.books.9780890425596<\/p>\n<p>National Institute of Mental Health. (2021). Mental Health Information:\u00a0 Brochures and Fact Sheets. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\/health\/publications\/index.shtml\">https:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\/health\/publications\/index.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0phobia\u00a0is an intense fear of\u2014or aversion to\u2014specific objects or situations. Although it can be realistic to be anxious in some circumstances, the fear people with phobias feel is out of proportion to the actual danger caused by the situation or object. People with a specific phobia: May have an irrational or excessive worry about encountering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6140,"featured_media":0,"parent":444,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2567,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/470\/revisions\/2567"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}