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With most phobic disorders, the treatment options are the same. Anti-anxiety medication may be prescribed, or cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) suggested, or both. Depending on medical insurance coverage, medication can be expensive. It can have side effects. Some medications take long periods of time to process and leave the body. If this is the only treatment used, the phobia may return when medication is stopped. On the other hand, medication may take effect more quickly and be less intrusive than cognitive-behavioral therapy. Read the rest of this entry »
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My recent decision to forgo a church home group activity put my severe distaste for crowded spaces in the spotlight. Avoidance had begun to impede my life more than I wanted. In an effort to find information that might help “put my avoidance in its place,” I discovered a vast array of explanations that served only to confuse the issue. Is it ochlophobia, enochlophobia, demophobia, agoraphobia or some other phobia? Undaunted by the sea of phobic disorders, my quest for an answer continued.
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My curiosity about ochlophobia and agoraphobia launched a week of reading research that carried me into information about anxiety disorders. Here we will study anxiety disorders with a focus on phobias.
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