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Phobias |
| WPA Series in Evidence & Experience in Psychiatry |
| Editor: Mario Maj (University of Naples, Italy); Editor: Hagop S. Akiskal (University of California, San Diego, USA); Editor: Juan José López-Ibor (Complutense Univ. of Madrid, Spain); Editor: Ahmed Okasha (Ain Shams Univ., Cairo, Egypt) |
| Be Guided by the Evidence… Phobias are extremely common in the general population and can involve a very significant social disability and burden for the family. Most cases remain undiagnosed, and many of those that are diagnosed are treated inappropriately. It is therefore essential to reduce the gap between scientific evidence and clinical experience to improve diagnosis and treatment of these mental disorders.
This volume provides *Coverage of different types of phobias including agoraphobia, social phobia and specific phobias, including diagnosis, treatment, epidemiology, as well as a discussion of the social and economic burdens caused by phobias *An unbiased and reliable reference point. *The unique series format of review chapters followed by commentaries. < | | |
