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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.|author2=Rae, D.S. |author3=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.|author2=Chiu, W.T. |author3=Demler, O. |author4=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.|author2=Walters, E.E. |author3=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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==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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