EPIDEMIOLOGY OF COMMON FEARS AND PHOBIA

被引:279
作者
AGRAS, S
SYLVESTER, D
OLIVEAU, D
机构
[1] Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt
[2] Department of Mathematics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt
[3] Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt
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10.1016/0010-440X(69)90022-4
中图分类号
R749 [精神病学];
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100205 ;
摘要
Incidence and prevalence data for common fears and phobia based on a probability sample of the general population show the frequency of mild phobia to be 76:9/1000 and of severe phobia to be 2.2/1000. Clinical samples are not representative of the distribution of phobia in the general population, agoraphobia being over-represented. The most frequent reason for consulting a physician is for him to minimize a severe fear or phobia of a medical procedure. Psychiatrists tend to see only the more severe phobics, although only a quarter of this group were found to be in treatment. © 1969.
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