Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acarophobia (imagined infestation)-- Acrophobia (fear of heights) -- Age of onset -- Agliophobia (fear of pain) -- Agoraphobia (fear of panic-like symptoms) -- Ailurophobia (fear of cats) -- American Psychiatric Association -- American Psychological Association -- Amygdala -- Antony, Martin M. (1964- ) -- Anxiety and Depression Association of America -- Anxiety and related disorders -- Anxiety and related disorders interview schedule -- Anxiety sensitivity -- Apiphobia (fear of bees) -- Applied relaxation -- Applied tension -- Aquaphobia (fear of water) -- Arachnophobia (fear of spiders) -- Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies -- Astraphobia (fear of thunder and lightning) -- Attention -- Atychiphobia (fear of failure) -- Aversions -- Aviophobia (fear of flying) -- Bandura, Albert (1925- ) -- Barlow, David H. (1942- ) -- Beck, Aaron T. (1921- ) -- Behavior therapy -- Behavioral approach test -- Behavioral experiment -- Behavioral model -- Benzodiazepines -- Beta-blockers -- Carbon dioxide challenge test -- Childhood, phobias in -- Chronicity -- Classical conditioning -- Classification -- Claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces) -- Cognitive behavioral therapy -- Cognitive bias modification -- Cognitive model -- Cognitive restructuring -- Cognitive therapy -- Comorbidity -- Contingency management -- Cortisol -- Craske, Michelle G. -- Cultural differences -- Cynophobia (fear of dogs) -- D-Cycloserine -- Differential diagnosis -- Disease-avoidance model -- Disgust sensitivity -- Distraction -- DSM-5 -- Dysmorphophobia (fear of deformity) -- Ellis, Albert (1913-2007) -- Emetophobia (fear of vomiting) -- Emotional processing theory -- Entomophobia (fear of insects) -- Erotophobia (fear of sex) -- Erythrophobia (fear of blushing) -- Evolution, role of -- Exposure, imaginal -- Exposure, in vivo -- Exposure, interoceptive -- Exposure treatment -- Extinction -- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing -- Eysenck, Hans J. (1916-1997) -- Fainting response -- Fear -- Fear, animal models of -- Fear, Neural Pathways of -- Fear, Physiology of -- Fear, Return of (Relapse) -- Fear Generalization -- Fear of Driving -- Fear of Germs -- Fear of Strangers (Stranger Anxiety) -- Fear of Success -- Fear of the Unknown -- Fear Survey Schedule -- Fear-Potentiated Startle -- Fight-or-Flight Response -- Flooding -- Foa, Edna B. (1937- ) -- Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939) -- Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid -- Gender Differences -- Guided Mastery Therapy -- Habituation -- Hypnosis -- Hypochondriasis -- Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis -- Iatrophobia (Fear of Doctors) -- Implosive Therapy -- Information-Processing Biases -- International Classification of Diseases -- Jones, Mary Cover (1897-1987) -- Lang, Peter J. (1930- ) -- Learning Theory -- Lifespan, Phobias across the -- Limbic System -- Marks, Isaac M. (1937- ) -- Medical Student Syndrome -- Memory -- Modeling -- Musophobia (Fear of Mice) -- National Institute of Mental Health -- Neuroimaging -- Non-Associative Model -- Nosophobia (Fear of Disease or Illness) -- Nyctophobia (Fear of the Dark) -- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Ollendick, Thomas H. (1945- ) -- One-Session Treatment -- Operant Conditioning -- Ophidiophobia (Fear of Snakes) -- Ornithophobia (Fear of Birds) -- Ost, Lars-Goran -- Panic Attacks -- Panic Disorder -- Pavlov, Ivan (1849-1936) -- Perceived Control -- Perception, Visual -- Personality -- Phobia, Animal Type -- Phobia, Blood-Injection-Injury Type -- Phobia, Choking -- Phobia, Dental -- Phobia, Natural Environment Type -- Phobia, Other Type -- Phobia, School -- Phobia, Situational Type -- Phobia, Specific -- Phobia Types -- Phobias, Assessment of -- Phobias, Causes of -- Phobias, Diagnosis of -- Phobias, Family Influences on the Development and Maintenance of -- Phobias, Genetics of -- Phobias, History of -- Phobias, Impairment Related to -- Phobias, Life-Threatening -- Phobias, Prevalence of -- Phobias, Social and Economic Impact of -- Phobias in Popular Culture -- Phobic Beliefs -- Phobic Neurosis -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder -- Preparedness Theory -- Psychiatry -- Psychoanalysis -- Psychoeducation -- Psychology -- Ptophobia (Fear of Falling) -- Rachman, Jack (1934- ) -- Reciprocal Inhibition -- Risk Factors -- Rothbaum, Barbara O. -- Safety Behavior -- Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors -- Self-Efficacy Theory -- Skinner, B. F. (1904-1990) -- Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia) -- Social Learning Theory -- Social Skills Training -- Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders -- Subjective Units of Distress Scale -- Substance Use -- Suicide -- Systematic Desensitization -- Temperament -- Test Anxiety -- Thanatophobia (Fear of Death) -- Thorndike, Edward L. (1874-1949) -- Three Pathways Theory -- Treatment, Evidence-Based -- Treatment, Medication -- Treatment, Psychological -- Treatment, Self-Help -- Treatment Outcome, Predictors of -- Treatment Seeking -- Tripartite Model of Fear -- Triskaidekaphobia (Fear of the Number 13) -- Trypophobia (Fear of Holes) -- Twin Studies -- Two-Factor Theory of Avoidance Learning -- Video Feedback -- Virtual Reality Treatment -- Watson, John B. (1878-1958) -- Wolpe, Joseph (1915-1997) -- World Health Organization.

This encyclopedia addresses phobias from a variety of angles--types of fears, root causes, physiological and psychological effects, classification, and treatments.

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