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[[File:Scoleciphobia gummi worms.jpg|thumb|Child exhibiting scoleciphobia]] |
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'''Helminthophobia''', '''scoleciphobia''' or '''vermiphobia''' is the fear of [[worm]]s, especially [[parasitic worm]]s. The sight of a worm, or anything that looks like a worm, may cause someone with this phobia to have extreme anxiety or even panic attacks. |
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==Classification of disease== |
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According to the DSM-IV TR, scoleciphobia is a disorder that would be classified as Specific Phobia of the animal type.<ref name="DSM">{{cite book|title=Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders|edition=4th ed., text rev.|year=2000|publisher=American Psychiatric Association|location=Washington, DC}}</ref> This particular subtype of Specific Phobias generally has a childhood onset and persists through adulthood.<ref name="DSM"/><ref name="Boyd">{{cite journal|last=Boyd|first=J.H.|coauthors=Rae, D.S., and Thompson, J.W.|year=1990|title=Phobia: prevalence and risk factors|journal=Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology|volume=25|issue=6|pages=314–323|doi=10.1007/BF00782887|pmid=2291135}}</ref><ref name="Kessler">{{cite journal|last=Kessler|first=R.C.|coauthors=Chiu, W.T., Demler, O., and Walters, E.E.|year=2005|title=Prevalence, severity, and comorbidity of twelve-month DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R)|journal=Archives of General Psychiatry|volume=62|issue=6|pages=617–627|doi=10.1001/archpsyc.62.6.617|pmid=15939839|pmc=2847357}}</ref><ref name="Anxiety Disorders">{{cite book|title=Anxiety Disorders|url=http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/anxiety-disorders/nimhanxiety.pdf|series=NIH Publication No. 09 3879|year=2009|publisher=National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services}}</ref> Specific Phobia has a prevalence rate of 5.1 to 12.5% according to the National Institute of Mental Health.<ref name="Boyd"/><ref name="Waters2003">{{cite book|last=Waters|first=Richard|title=Phobias revealed and explained|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=gK8WJgsVejMC|accessdate=3 December 2010|date=2003-11-01|publisher=Murdoch Books|isbn=978-1-74045-321-9}}</ref> |
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==Effects== |
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Individuals with this disorder typically recognize that their fear is excessive and/or unreasonable.<ref name="DSM"/><ref name="Anxiety Disorders"/><ref name="Waters2003"/> However, in spite of this, one may lead a restricted lifestyle and find the fear debilitating.<ref name="DSM"/><ref name="Waters2003"/> Those with Specific Phobias have been known to go to great lengths to avoid certain activities due to the possibility of coming into contact with the feared stimuli.<ref name="DSM"/><ref name="Waters2003"/> This fear can range from a mild fear response in the presence of real worms to panic-like symptoms induced by a picture of worms.<ref name="DSM"/><ref name="Kendler">{{cite journal|last=Kendler|first=K.S.|coauthors=Walters, E.E., and Truett, K.R.|year=1995|title=A twin-family study of self-report symptoms of panic-phobia and somatization|journal=Behavior Genetics|volume=25|issue=6|pages=499–515|doi=10.1007/BF02327574|pmid=8540889}}</ref><ref name="Kessler"/><ref name="Anxiety Disorders"/><ref name="Waters2003"/> |
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Elvy Ana Gabriela, a staff nurse from Hospital Lahad Datu in Malaysia is a known victim of this disease. She was chased as a child by a 3cm tapeworm and since then has not recovered. She has undergone multiple rehabilitation programmes to no avail. She is the only known person in the world to have been open regarding her illness. |
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==Possible genetic link== |
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It appears that family members of a person diagnosed with Specific Phobia have an increased risk of developing the disorder.<ref name="DSM"/><ref name="Kendler"/> Particularly, first-degree biological relatives of person with Specific Phobias, Animal type, are more likely than the general population to have animal phobias.<ref name="DSM"/> |
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==See also== |
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*[[Ophidiphobia]] |
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==References== |
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