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The 52 pages that link to Specific phobia, each with the reason it gives.

• Social anxiety disorderCompared with: Its fear centers on a defined trigger, unlike the broad range of social scrutiny feared here.

• Anxiety disorderBroader topic: It shows how anxiety can be tightly linked to a particular cue.

• AmygdalaRelated: Phobias provide a clinical setting for studying learned threat responses.

• Panic disorderCompared with: Its fear is focused on a specific trigger, unlike unexpected attacks in panic disorder.

• Systematic desensitizationRelated: Graded desensitization was developed especially for circumscribed fears and phobias.

• AgoraphobiaCompared with: It typically focuses on a narrower trigger than agoraphobia's range of situation types.

• In vivo exposureRelated: Direct contact with the feared object or situation is a common treatment approach.

• PhobiaBroader topic: This diagnosis covers many narrowly focused phobias.

• ThanatophobiaNarrower topic: Thanatophobia may resemble a specific phobia when death cues trigger persistent fear and avoidance.

• Separation anxietyCompared with: Specific phobia centers on a defined trigger, rather than separation from an attachment figure.

• ClaustrophobiaNarrower topic: Claustrophobia is classified as a specific phobia.

• HaphephobiaNarrower topic: Haphephobia is classified within this diagnostic group.

• AcrophobiaNarrower topic: Acrophobia is classified as a specific phobia focused on heights.

• AquaphobiaNarrower topic: Aquaphobia is classified in this diagnostic category.

• NecrophobiaNarrower topic: Necrophobia is commonly classified within this broader diagnostic category.

• TriskaidekaphobiaNarrower topic: Clinical assessment considers whether fear of 13 meets the criteria for this broader diagnosis.

• AilurophobiaNarrower topic: Ailurophobia is the cat-focused form of this diagnostic category.

• CynophobiaNarrower topic: Cynophobia is classified as a specific phobia focused on canines.

• EmetophobiaNarrower topic: Emetophobia is commonly understood within this diagnostic category.

• NomophobiaCompared with: It is a recognized diagnostic category against which nomophobia’s diagnostic status is often compared.

• OphidiophobiaNarrower topic: Ophidiophobia is classified as a specific phobia when it causes significant distress or impairment.

• ThalassophobiaNarrower topic: Thalassophobia may fit this diagnosis when fear is persistent, disproportionate, and impairing.

• CoulrophobiaNarrower topic: Coulrophobia is commonly described within this broader category of fear disorders.

• EntomophobiaNarrower topic: Entomophobia is classified within this diagnostic category.

• HerpetophobiaNarrower topic: Herpetophobia is classified as a specific phobia because its fear centers on animals.

• AblutophobiaNarrower topic: Ablutophobia is commonly described within this broader category of phobias.

• AichmophobiaNarrower topic: Aichmophobia is generally understood within this diagnostic family.

• AlgophobiaNarrower topic: Algophobia is commonly described as a specific fear focused on pain.

• AstraphobiaNarrower topic: Astraphobia is classified as a specific phobia when its fear causes significant distress or impairment.

• AutophobiaNarrower topic: Autophobia is often described in phobia terms, though it is not a distinct diagnosis in standard diagnostic manuals.

• BibliophobiaNarrower topic: Bibliophobia can take the form of a specific phobia focused on books or reading.

• Blood phobiaNarrower topic: Blood phobia belongs to this diagnostic category.

• Dental fearNarrower topic: Dental phobia is considered within this broader diagnostic family.

• Fear of beesNarrower topic: Fear of bees may meet this diagnosis when it causes significant distress or impairment.

• Fear of fishRelated: Its diagnostic features distinguish a phobia from ordinary dislike or caution.

• Fear of needlesNarrower topic: Needle fear may meet the criteria for a specific phobia when it causes significant impairment.

• GenophobiaNarrower topic: Genophobia can resemble a specific phobia, though sexual fears may not fit that diagnosis neatly.

• GymnophobiaNarrower topic: Gymnophobia is commonly understood within the broader category of specific phobias.

• GynophobiaNarrower topic: Gynophobia is commonly described using the specific-phobia framework.

• HexakosioihexekontahexaphobiaNarrower topic: It is the clinical category under which a severe number-specific fear may be assessed.

• HypnophobiaNarrower topic: Hypnophobia is commonly described as a sleep-focused phobia.

• MysophobiaNarrower topic: Mysophobia is often described as a contamination-focused phobia, though diagnosis depends on clinical criteria.

• OrnithophobiaNarrower topic: Ornithophobia is classified as a specific phobia when it causes substantial distress or impairment.

• PanphobiaCompared with: Its fear has a defined target, unlike panphobia's seemingly objectless apprehension.

• PedophobiaNarrower topic: Pedophobia may fit this diagnostic category when fear of children is persistent and impairing.

• PhobophobiaRelated: Fear of developing a specific phobia is one possible focus of phobophobia.

• PyrophobiaRelated: This diagnostic category supplies the clinical framework for pyrophobia.

• ScopophobiaNarrower topic: Scopophobia is often described as a phobic fear, though classification depends on its context and symptoms.

• TaphophobiaNarrower topic: Taphophobia is classified as a specific phobia when its fear causes significant distress or impairment.

• TechnophobiaNarrower topic: Technophobia can resemble a specific phobia when fear is intense, persistent, and impairing.