We spoke with Dr. Dena Rabinowitz, founder of Cognitive Behavioral Psychology of NY, to find out one of the most common phobias she sees with her patients, and how someone might be able to ...

Others, however, may feel terrified of the idea entirely. Psychological research has uncovered a new fear: “nomophobia”—where individuals become filled with dread, anxiety and panic at the ...

More difficult to explain, and of considerable psychological interest, are phobias. Here proximity ... More prosaic explanations should not be overlooked, as for a reader whose legs became icy ...

Medically reviewed by Kira Graves, PhD Megalophobia is a specific phobia where a person has an intense fear of large objects, such as huge buildings, animals, or statues. This fear can cause anxiety ...

Messer Professor of Child Psychiatry, and professor of psychology at the Yale School of Medicine. Children may develop phobias or anxiety disorders for a variety of reasons, including genetics ...